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Show me your colours and I will let you see mine; and together we will paint a life of love, peace and understanding that will stand the test of time. On a more scientific note, the Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), is a large and brightly coloured bird, which is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world. The male, or peacock, is predominantly blue, with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers. It is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. These stiff feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship. The Indian peafowl lives mainly on the ground in open fore...