Most animals have different names for males and females. For example, male peafowl are known as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens, while babies are peachicks. There are 3 types of peafowl — Indian (blue), green, and Congo. But in everyday life, we often refer to either of them colloquially as “peacocks.” Like chickens, the male is called a rooster or cock, whereas the female is referred to as a hen.

Did you know that some heavy-ground living birds, like pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl, are all in the same Phasianidae family of birds? Interestingly, a chicken and a peacock are also in the same ’’Aves’’ class. Phasianidae are terrestrial, with strong legs and broad, short wings.

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