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  2. Structural coloration - Wikipedia

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    The brilliant iridescent colors of the peacock's tail feathers are created by structural coloration, as first noted by Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke.. Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination ...

  3. Congo peafowl - Wikipedia

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    Afropavo congensis. Chapin, 1936. The Congo peafowl ( Afropavo congensis ), also known as the African peafowl or mbulu by the Bakôngo, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin. [2] It is one of three peafowl species and the only member of the subfamily Pavoninae native to Africa. [3] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

  4. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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    Argusianus. Tropicoperdix. A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage. Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female ...

  5. NBC logo - Wikipedia

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    At the very end of the sequence, the peacock sneezes, sending its feathers flying off-screen, after which the puzzled peacock is shown looking in each direction in notice that its feathers are missing. This clip was later re-used in 1985 to open an episode of TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, and in the 2002 special The Most Outrageous Game Show ...

  6. Indian peafowl - Wikipedia

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    The Indian peafowl ( Pavo cristatus ), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens, although both sexes are often referred to colloquially as a ...

  7. Peacock dress of Lady Curzon - Wikipedia

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    The Peacock dress of Lady Curzon is a gown made of gold and silver thread embroidered by the Workshop of Kishan Chand (India), and designed by Jean-Philippe Worth for Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston to celebrate the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at the second Delhi Durbar in 1903. [1]

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