What do peacocks eat? Are peacocks birds?

Peacocks like to live near streams. They are omnivorous and feed mainly on plant-based food. Blue peacocks are distributed in India and Sri Lanka, while green peacocks are distributed in Southeast Asia. They are only found in western and southern Yunnan in China. There are very few wild peacocks, so they are first-class protected animals in my country. Let's learn about what peacocks eat.

Contents of this article

1. What do peacocks eat?

2. Is the peacock a bird?

3. Do peacocks eat vegetables?

What food do peacocks eat?

Peacocks are omnivorous birds. They like to eat fruits such as Sichuan pears and yellow puffs, as well as grass seeds, tree seeds, rice and seedlings. Animal food includes locusts, crickets, lepidoptera, coleoptera, frogs, lizards, etc. Protein: It is divided into animal feed and plant feed. Plant feed includes bean cake, soybean, peanut cake, sesame cake, rapeseed cake, cottonseed cake and sunflower seed cake, etc., containing 35-50% protein. Animal feed includes fish meal, eggs, bone meal, silkworm pupae, feather meal, blood meal, etc., containing 40-80% protein. Energy feed: including corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and rice, among which bran feed has low energy, large capacity and is rich in crude fiber, which meets the nutritional needs of peacocks. Minerals: Shell powder, zeolite powder, bone meal and salt are also essential substances for the growth and development of peacocks, which can account for 2% of the total feed.

Is the peacock a bird?

Peacocks are birds. The genus peacock includes two species, which are more than 2 meters long, with a tail screen of about 1.5 meters, making them the largest in the order Galliformes. The top of the head is emerald green, and the crest is blue-green and pointed; the upper tail coverts are particularly long, forming a tail screen, which is bright and beautiful; the real tail feathers are very short and black-brown. The female bird has no tail screen, and the feathers are dark brown with many spots. It lives in open areas of the forest. It is omnivorous. One male mates with several females. The blue peacock is distributed in India and Sri Lanka, and the green peacock is distributed in Southeast Asia. It is only found in western and southern Yunnan in China. The number of wild peacocks is rare, and it is a first-class protected animal in China.

Peacock's life habits:

It mainly inhabits tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed forests below 2,000 meters above sea level. It especially likes sparse forest grasslands, river banks or jungles on the edge of the land, as well as open areas of sparse grasslands in the forest and open areas with shrubs and bamboo groves in the forests from plains to high mountains. It likes to live near streams. It is omnivorous. It mainly feeds on plant feed, and also eats locusts, crickets, moths, termites, frogs, lizards and other animals. It mainly eats fruits of Sichuan pears and yellow bubbles, young branches and leaves, buds, mushrooms, grass seeds, peas, rice and other plants and crops, and also eats grasshoppers, crickets, moths, termites, stink bugs, earthworms, lizards, frogs and other animal foods. It likes to eat fruits such as pears and yellow bubbles, and also eats rice, sprouts, grass seeds and other foods. In addition, it also eats some insects such as crickets, locusts, and some small reptiles. The animal food of African peacocks is mainly termites.

Do peacocks eat vegetables?

Peacocks eat vegetables. They mainly eat Sichuan pears, yellow pear fruits, young branches and leaves, buds, mushrooms, grass seeds, peas, rice and other plants and crops. They also eat grasshoppers, crickets, moths, termites, stink bugs, earthworms, lizards, frogs and other animal foods. In captivity, they mainly eat corn, wheat, bran, sorghum, soybeans, soybean cakes and grass, plus fish meal, bone meal, salt, gravel, multivitamins, trace elements, amino acids, additives, etc.

There are only 2 genera and 3 species of peacocks. The genus includes 2 species, which are more than 2 meters long, and the tail screen is about 1.5 meters, which is the largest in the Galliformes. The head is emerald green, and the crest is blue-green and pointed; the upper tail coverts are particularly long, forming a tail screen, which is bright and beautiful; the real tail feathers are very short and black-brown. The female bird has no tail screen, and the feathers are dark brown with many spots.