#peacocks

genealogical peacock (displaying coats of arms of members of the hainhofer family of augsburg)

double-page miniature from a heraldic manuscript (stammens-beschreibung des hainhoferischen geschlechts), augsburg, 1626

THIS IS A PEACOCK. A MALE PEAFOWL.

THIS IS A PEAHEN. A FEMALE PEAFOWL.

THE DEFAULT NAME OF THIS SPECIES OF BIRD IS NOT PEACOCK. IT IS PEAFOWL. THIS BIRD IS CALLED A PEAFOWL. IF YOU CALL A FEMALE PEAFOWL A PEACOCK, THAT IS INCORRECT. IT IS A PEAHEN. A FEMALE PEAFOWL.

THIS IS CALLED AN INDIAN PEAFOWL

and NO. The white peafowls AREN'T the females, that's an Indian peafowl with Leucism. This PEAFOWL can be either a PEACOCK or PEAHEN.

YES??? OKAY???

PEACOCK IS A SEX SPECIFIC TERM. PEAFOWL IS THE NAME OF THE BIRD.