White Peacock

These pictures were taken at the Floyd Lamb Park in North Las Vegas.  This is the first time I have ever seen a white  peacock.  The White Peacock is frequently mistaken for an albino, but it is a color variety of the Indian Blue Peacock. Its white color makes it looks really magnificent and elegant. Though there were at least eight Peafowl running around the park, this was the only white one. Males are called Peacocks and females are called Peahens. The collective term for both male and female is Peafowl. Peafowl are divided into three main groups: The most common Indian Peafowl, the Green Peafowl, and the White Peafowl. The males of each group use their brilliant tail display, containing exactly 20 large feathers, in their manly gambit for the best mate. The fan or train, as these tail feathers are called, is supported by smaller, shorter tail feathers. The colorful tail feathers do not grow in until the peacock is three years old, and the trains are molted yearly, usually during the summer months. When a peacock wants a mate, he will display his train and strut by the nearest female, puffing out his chest and shaking his tail feathers as he goes. During mating season, the peafowl are also very vocal, making mewing cries that can sound like a kitten or small child.  They are hardy birds that live an average of 20 years in the wild, and sometimes can exceed 30 years under human care.

Hopefully on a return visit I will be able to get a shot showing its full plumage like the one on the left that I found on the Internet