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Pavo cristatus
The male is metallic blue on the crown, the feathers of the head being short and curled. The fan-shaped crest on the head is made of feathers with bare black shafts and tipped with blush-green webbing. A white stripe above the eye and a crescent shaped white patch below the eye are formed by bare white skin. The sides of the head have iridescent greenish blue feathers.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2010
Submitted on Apr 17, 2011
3 Comments
Wow!
Thanks Cynthia, it does look more like a bird than a plant ;)
Hope you dont mind - I changed your listing from plant to bird. Beautiful photo by the way! Cheers Cynthia