The male peacock, with its iridescent blue plumage and long tail feathers with many patterns and colors, is considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world.

The image of male birds spreading their tails to show off their beauty, impress females as well as demonstrate their strength is quite familiar to many people, but not everyone has the opportunity to see the image of peacocks flying in the sky. threshold.

Female peacocks have an appearance similar to males, but do not have a comb or beautiful, colorful tail feathers like males.

Peacocks rarely fly, they usually move by walking. Their food is plants, flower petals, seeds, insects, arthropods, amphibians… Therefore, peacocks do not need to fly to hunt, they only fly when they need to overcome obstacles. objects such as rivers or lakes, or fly up high tree branches to hide from enemies or take shelter at night.

Even though it has a long tail, it does not affect the male peacock’s ability to fly too much. Peacocks can fly to a height of 8 meters and must flap their wings strongly to maintain balance. The maximum distance a peacock can fly in one go is about 1.6km and can reach a maximum flight speed of 16km/h.

Peacock feathers make up 60% of their total body weight. The peacock’s wingspan can be up to 1.5m, making it one of the largest birds in the world.

Both male and female peacocks can fly, but thanks to their characteristic long tails, when male peacocks fly in the sky, many people think of the phoenix in legend.