DPR Korea, issued one souvenir sheet contain one peacock stamp and one set of 2 peafowl stamps series, Pavo cristatus and Afropavo congensis.
Pavo cristatus, known as Indian Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl. Pavo cristatus is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. The peacock is the national bird of India.
The species is found in dry semi-desert grasslands, scrub and deciduous forests. It forages and nests on the ground but roosts on top of trees. It eats seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles.
Female’s size is about 86 cm long and weigh 2.75-4 kg, while male’s size average at about 2.12 m in full breeding plumage (107 cm) and weight 4-6 kg.
The Indian Peacock has iridescent blue-green plumage. The upper tail coverts on its back are elongated and ornate with an eye at the end of each feather. These are the Peacock's display feathers. The female plumage is a mixture of dull green, grey and iridescent blue, with the greenish-grey predominating.
Peafowl are most notable for the male's extravagant display feathers which, despite actually growing from their back, are known as a 'tail' or train. This train is in reality not the tail but the enormously elongated upper tail coverts. The tail itself is brown and short as in the peahen. The colours result from the micro-structure of the feathers and the resulting optical phenomena.
The species is found in dry semi-desert grasslands, scrub and deciduous forests. It forages and nests on the ground but roosts on top of trees. It eats seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles.
Female’s size is about 86 cm long and weigh 2.75-4 kg, while male’s size average at about 2.12 m in full breeding plumage (107 cm) and weight 4-6 kg.
The Indian Peacock has iridescent blue-green plumage. The upper tail coverts on its back are elongated and ornate with an eye at the end of each feather. These are the Peacock's display feathers. The female plumage is a mixture of dull green, grey and iridescent blue, with the greenish-grey predominating.
Peafowl are most notable for the male's extravagant display feathers which, despite actually growing from their back, are known as a 'tail' or train. This train is in reality not the tail but the enormously elongated upper tail coverts. The tail itself is brown and short as in the peahen. The colours result from the micro-structure of the feathers and the resulting optical phenomena.
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