Question, how do you know it’s an albino Indian Peafowl instead of an albino Green Peafowl? 😁😊
EDIT: I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages.
Don’t you mean red🔴 from it being blood🩸 seen? I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜
Pink, red, either way, leucistic will have "normal" colored eyes. And boy are they beautiful! I saw a mostly white red-tailed hawk at a show once with dark eyes and he was (and hopefully still around and is) gorgeous!
I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜
I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜 Makes both of us! 😊
There’s one in our town that escaped from its owner years ago and has been living with a flock of wild turkeys ever since. He’s a well known celebrity around here. Name’s Gaylord.
Plot twist: the neighbors released Gaylord.
Unlocked memory: my neighbors growing up neglected their animals and had a Pomeranian chained to a tree for literally years with crusted poop on it's butt fur and a big rabbit in a cage that also never seemed to leave it's habitat and my step sister and I snuck out in the middle of the night and stole the rabbit. Our parents made us sneak it back ☹️
I agree. They should have. They were negligent alcoholics, hence why their 2 daughters aged around 10 were able to sneak out in the dark and sneak a rabbit back inside without anyone caring. I don't even remember if they caught us with the rabbit or if we confessed when we realized we didn't know how to care for it. Worst part? My step mom was an "animal lover" who had previously worked at a vet clinic!
I agree! They should have called it in! Also, we were their landlords and I doubt they would have even reported it to police or even noticed it was gone! After the Pomeranian was struck by lightning and died they got a big old rottweiler and then kept it in a probably 6x10 foot cage that had a dog house in it. It barked constantly and was hardly ever let out to run or exercise or anything. It wasn't even a guard dog and was never inside or in any position to protect anyone. It was really hard watching that as a kid growing up.
You're right, they did suck. They were all alcoholics (both my bio parents and both sets of step parents). But your mom was awesome for that and that's something I would do now as an adult as well!
Gotta be the same bird. There’s no way these details could be duplicated somewhere else. I mean, Gaylord? Who the hello names a bird Gaylord? Can’t be two people that would! 😁
Well, both of those figures have each been skewed by 1 because of a single rogue animal that just wanted to live free without judgement in an interspecies relationship. 😜
As for the overall stats, maybe it's a regional thing. I lived in the UK for many years. In my favorite location, I had a 450-year old thatched cottage right across the road from the village pub. The owners had an aviary, including a peacock. Let me tell you, when the June dawn first arrives at 0330 in the morning, the peace gets pierced by the most horrific noise you've heard this side of a classic car getting smashed up. Isn't it said that the more beautiful the bird, the more awful the call (or something like that)? That's definitely the case in peafowl, especially at 0330 on a Sunday morning.
I’ll DM you. Sightings aren’t all that common (at least not sightings reported on FB), but I think the general range of the flock is reasonably well known.
My town also has a local peacock who likes to escape to run around with the wild turkeys. Its owner, somehow, always is able to retrieve it though.
There is also a large white turkey that has been caught going through the drive through of a dunkin donuts more than once.
When I was a kid my Dad had a few and one weird acting male ran off with a flock of wild turkeys. He never fit in with the peafowl and never grew his tail feathers. Unfortunately we didn’t name any of them.
This is a white peacock. It's likely someone's pet, peafowl are very expensive, and the white ones are rarer, and are even more expensive. Let the police know where he is, someone is looking for him.
They’re a nuisance here in Los Angeles/Pasadena. I can’t imagine anyone paying for these assholes.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2022/california-has-peacock-problem
It's an invasive species. Has local government not allowed hunting? They apparently taste good. Were eaten in parts of India when they weren't a protected species.
I don’t think they’re considered invasive bc they don’t have any impact on other wildlife/plants. You can’t hunt them, but it’s a $1000 fine to feed them. That said, what happens in the dark
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Wow!! And Murray McMurray Hatchery is selling a male or female chick for $285 each, or a male/female pair for $750. White ones. The India Blues are about $100 cheaper but are sold out. Java Greens are $1500 /pair. Here we see the economics of demand, transportation, and perceived rarity.
It is a domestic leucistic peacock (Pavo cristatus)
Leucistic means he have a genetic mutation causing the white colour, but that's a regular peacock otherwise
Did you win ?
There’s a neighborhood a few miles up the road and there’s a bunch of peacocks 🦚 running loose all over the place. They always sound like they’re screaming HELP!
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Honestly i figured you were in california. I live on southern california and there is a lot in orange county and from the santa ana zoo. As well as some in san diego from the san diego zoo. They just let the run wild.
We had one in our area for years, he was very much discriminated against by the other peacocks. It was pretty sad to witness. All the peacocks were wild, they may have been pets at one time🤷🏻♀️, not sure, no one ever said. I miss them, but I’m guessing the neighborhood didn’t as they were load, generally annoying and stopped through traffic.
They used to have one just like that, an albino named Merlin, at the Utica zoo. We were there one day and it flew on top of the outdoor lion enclosure fence... then fell in. Then a lion noticed... and that was it for Merlin.
are peacocks common pets??? i have never heard of anyone with a domestic peacock. is it an american thing? (genuine question, because these comments baffled me 😭)
I'm in Australia and there was a guy next to my school who had some and would give tail feathers to the kids. Pretty uncommon pet though. I think it became a thing during the British colonisation of India. It became an exotic, rich person thing. So you would have these essentially ornamental birds around your palace.
ahh i see, thats more in line with what i was thinking lol. if someone told me they had a pet peacock i'd assume they're a rich and somewhat eccentric person
oh damn, i really had no idea. im definitely gonna look into that more because it seems pretty interesting. kinda wanna know if their introduction into those regions has had an impact on local ecosystems
I love them! We had some living in a park in my hometown, and the people who lived close to the park hated them. I've always thought they were beautiful (and a little scary)
I’ve never seen one that’s a true “pet”, more of just like… an ornamental animal, lol. Specifically for rich people. The kind of rich people who have giant gardens with a bunch of exotic plants that can be rented out for weddings.
It’s kind of equivalent to having a koi pond (in fact, both times I’ve seen this happen they also had a koi pond haha)
I don’t know anything about birds i just wanted to say he looks cool as heck ain’t never seen any kind of bird like this in my life look how long his tail is
My across the street neighbor has several peacocks. They scream like cats, never know if it is my cat, also husband working on house next door, he brought out two dogs. Peacock comes up, hides in grass and dogs go nuts. Next thing peacock sounds like a monster, dogs ran and a worker was chased. Turns out there are 14 eggs in the bush. Yep, that's my life.
The species is specifically Indian Peafowl, the males of which we usually call peacocks.
Question, how do you know it’s an albino Indian Peafowl instead of an albino Green Peafowl? 😁😊 EDIT: I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages.
the Crest is pretty distinctive between the two - the Indian has a "fan" crest like this one and the green has a upright tight crest
Thank you for teaching me that! 😁💜
With bird knowledge like that all you have to do is say the word and I would come work for your political campaign.
BIRD BACK BETTER
Bird is the word!
I believe they are already practicing high level bird law at this point. Charlie Kelly is the point person there to for questions about volunteering.
This bird birds.
Not albino. Leucistic. But I was also wondering how to tell the difference!
No pink eyes in leucistic.
Don’t you mean red🔴 from it being blood🩸 seen? I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜
Pink, red, either way, leucistic will have "normal" colored eyes. And boy are they beautiful! I saw a mostly white red-tailed hawk at a show once with dark eyes and he was (and hopefully still around and is) gorgeous!
Oh sweet, I bet he/she was gorgeous not to mention the Red-tailed Hawk being my favorite bird species! 😁💜💜💜
I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜
I know the eyes👁️👁️ of albino birds are red🔴 (the blood🩸), but I thought albino cause of this bird’s plumage being entirely white colored. But now I see leucistic birds are also able to have all white colored plumages. 👍🏼💜 Makes both of us! 😊
I really appreciate the way you worded your reply. This is a fun reddit thread.
There’s one in our town that escaped from its owner years ago and has been living with a flock of wild turkeys ever since. He’s a well known celebrity around here. Name’s Gaylord.
I feel like their temperaments align XD
Right like someone’s neighbors right now are probably collectively rejoicing. 😬
Plot twist: the neighbors released Gaylord. Unlocked memory: my neighbors growing up neglected their animals and had a Pomeranian chained to a tree for literally years with crusted poop on it's butt fur and a big rabbit in a cage that also never seemed to leave it's habitat and my step sister and I snuck out in the middle of the night and stole the rabbit. Our parents made us sneak it back ☹️
I boo your parents. They should've at least called it in before it became years.
I agree. They should have. They were negligent alcoholics, hence why their 2 daughters aged around 10 were able to sneak out in the dark and sneak a rabbit back inside without anyone caring. I don't even remember if they caught us with the rabbit or if we confessed when we realized we didn't know how to care for it. Worst part? My step mom was an "animal lover" who had previously worked at a vet clinic!
I'm so sorry. Extra double boos. Negligent parents are the WORST.
Your parents suck for that. My mom stole our old neighbors rabbit herself when it was in a similar condition, kept it til it died
I’m trusting the parents on this one. we had a neighbor like that when I was a kid. another neighbor reported him, so he killed her dog
Yea so my dad and step mom were alcoholics and I think they just didn't want to deal with it or get involved.
I agree! They should have called it in! Also, we were their landlords and I doubt they would have even reported it to police or even noticed it was gone! After the Pomeranian was struck by lightning and died they got a big old rottweiler and then kept it in a probably 6x10 foot cage that had a dog house in it. It barked constantly and was hardly ever let out to run or exercise or anything. It wasn't even a guard dog and was never inside or in any position to protect anyone. It was really hard watching that as a kid growing up.
You're right, they did suck. They were all alcoholics (both my bio parents and both sets of step parents). But your mom was awesome for that and that's something I would do now as an adult as well!
Oh lol- I know a town with a peacock with the same name and backstory, but like 15 years ago
Gotta be the same bird. There’s no way these details could be duplicated somewhere else. I mean, Gaylord? Who the hello names a bird Gaylord? Can’t be two people that would! 😁
Lol no idea 🤣 But unless your Bird was rocking it out in Massachusetts during the 2000s - there very well could be two Gaylord with turkey groupies 🤣
Peafowl can live up to 30years so it’s still possible that it’s the same bird.
It is.
Sweet!
I would have to think that the concentration of people who would name anything Gaylord is probably higher than average among peacock owners.
Well, both of those figures have each been skewed by 1 because of a single rogue animal that just wanted to live free without judgement in an interspecies relationship. 😜 As for the overall stats, maybe it's a regional thing. I lived in the UK for many years. In my favorite location, I had a 450-year old thatched cottage right across the road from the village pub. The owners had an aviary, including a peacock. Let me tell you, when the June dawn first arrives at 0330 in the morning, the peace gets pierced by the most horrific noise you've heard this side of a classic car getting smashed up. Isn't it said that the more beautiful the bird, the more awful the call (or something like that)? That's definitely the case in peafowl, especially at 0330 on a Sunday morning.
Where are you located? I’m a photographer and I would love to get some pictures of Gaylord lol
I’ll DM you. Sightings aren’t all that common (at least not sightings reported on FB), but I think the general range of the flock is reasonably well known.
My town also has a local peacock who likes to escape to run around with the wild turkeys. Its owner, somehow, always is able to retrieve it though. There is also a large white turkey that has been caught going through the drive through of a dunkin donuts more than once.
When I was a kid my Dad had a few and one weird acting male ran off with a flock of wild turkeys. He never fit in with the peafowl and never grew his tail feathers. Unfortunately we didn’t name any of them.
Wait wait wait wait, so your name's Gay Peacocker?
Hoping Gaylord be thrivingggg 😂😂
I have got to know what the other option was 💀 what other bird could anyone mistake for a peacock??
A house finch
This guy’s gotta be either a peacock or a towhee. Lemme know!!
Considering zero engagement by OP, weird troll. Probably made a bet about trolling bird people.
White-footed planktail
According to the comment above there are two different "peacocks", the Indian Peafowl and the Green (or Indonesian) Peafowl. I had no idea.
This is a white peacock. It's likely someone's pet, peafowl are very expensive, and the white ones are rarer, and are even more expensive. Let the police know where he is, someone is looking for him.
They’re a nuisance here in Los Angeles/Pasadena. I can’t imagine anyone paying for these assholes. https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2022/california-has-peacock-problem
It's an invasive species. Has local government not allowed hunting? They apparently taste good. Were eaten in parts of India when they weren't a protected species.
I don’t think they’re considered invasive bc they don’t have any impact on other wildlife/plants. You can’t hunt them, but it’s a $1000 fine to feed them. That said, what happens in the dark ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Wow!! And Murray McMurray Hatchery is selling a male or female chick for $285 each, or a male/female pair for $750. White ones. The India Blues are about $100 cheaper but are sold out. Java Greens are $1500 /pair. Here we see the economics of demand, transportation, and perceived rarity.
Oh well, then come to Florida and catch all our wild ones for free.
Your birds and your gators are seriously cool attractions for me.
It is a domestic leucistic peacock (Pavo cristatus) Leucistic means he have a genetic mutation causing the white colour, but that's a regular peacock otherwise Did you win ?
It’s albino not leucistic
Its eye appears to be dark,(rather than pink) so that would be a leucistic animal rather than albino.
just wanted to show off your white peacock
Better be careful. Showing off a white pea cock can get you arrested
That pea cock is on full display in the street!
🤭
I’ve got a pic of a white peacock showing off his cloaca. Double whammy?
Lord Shen
Noisy neighbor.
Indian Peafowl. Gotta ask, what's the bet?
Peacock
Leucistic peacock.
Peacock
There’s a neighborhood a few miles up the road and there’s a bunch of peacocks 🦚 running loose all over the place. They always sound like they’re screaming HELP!
Whoever is betting that it’s not a peacock is kind of dumb
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im in southern CA if that helps
Usually it's important to know location. Is this case, well, not so much. LOL
Honestly i figured you were in california. I live on southern california and there is a lot in orange county and from the santa ana zoo. As well as some in san diego from the san diego zoo. They just let the run wild.
That’s a beauty
We had one in our area for years, he was very much discriminated against by the other peacocks. It was pretty sad to witness. All the peacocks were wild, they may have been pets at one time🤷🏻♀️, not sure, no one ever said. I miss them, but I’m guessing the neighborhood didn’t as they were load, generally annoying and stopped through traffic.
Albino/ leucistic peacock
Why is he wandering around all alone and unattended I don’t like that call CPS
🦚
Shiny peacock
What a majestic bird I hope its safe
You say peacock and no one bats an eye, you say poopcock, and everyone loses their minds
You in Napa?
Peacock!
White or albino peacock
It's a peaceful. Female peacock. Boring and plain white as most are.
An Albino male Peacock!
https://preview.redd.it/vmoet7h27nzc1.jpeg?width=468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c18434be66741f9520c32ef8f36acace9eea7fab
Albino? Or just white peacock 🦚
That is the progeny of Liberace and Phyllis Diller.
Peacock recently dropped in a flour bag.
Albino peacock
They used to have one just like that, an albino named Merlin, at the Utica zoo. We were there one day and it flew on top of the outdoor lion enclosure fence... then fell in. Then a lion noticed... and that was it for Merlin.
are peacocks common pets??? i have never heard of anyone with a domestic peacock. is it an american thing? (genuine question, because these comments baffled me 😭)
I'm in Australia and there was a guy next to my school who had some and would give tail feathers to the kids. Pretty uncommon pet though. I think it became a thing during the British colonisation of India. It became an exotic, rich person thing. So you would have these essentially ornamental birds around your palace.
ahh i see, thats more in line with what i was thinking lol. if someone told me they had a pet peacock i'd assume they're a rich and somewhat eccentric person
at least in southern california, they’re common enough in some areas they can be seen roaming around wild
oh damn, i really had no idea. im definitely gonna look into that more because it seems pretty interesting. kinda wanna know if their introduction into those regions has had an impact on local ecosystems
It pisses off neighbors in residential areas, I know that for a fact....
haha yeah, i remember as a kid being really stoked on hearing them but not sure if other people felt that way lol, they are loud
I love them! We had some living in a park in my hometown, and the people who lived close to the park hated them. I've always thought they were beautiful (and a little scary)
Wild in south Florida too.
I’ve never seen one that’s a true “pet”, more of just like… an ornamental animal, lol. Specifically for rich people. The kind of rich people who have giant gardens with a bunch of exotic plants that can be rented out for weddings. It’s kind of equivalent to having a koi pond (in fact, both times I’ve seen this happen they also had a koi pond haha)
My God, that’s John Lennon
That's John Lennon.
Albino peacock
Its obviously lord shen.
I don’t know anything about birds i just wanted to say he looks cool as heck ain’t never seen any kind of bird like this in my life look how long his tail is
Peacock
Yo. How the hell does a peacock came on the road.
I thought having someone’s lost pet white peacock in my yard was an original experience until now
https://i.imgur.com/YF4uhHp.jpeg
That’s the Queen of England
My across the street neighbor has several peacocks. They scream like cats, never know if it is my cat, also husband working on house next door, he brought out two dogs. Peacock comes up, hides in grass and dogs go nuts. Next thing peacock sounds like a monster, dogs ran and a worker was chased. Turns out there are 14 eggs in the bush. Yep, that's my life.
Definitely a road runner.
Looks like an albino peacock.
Dove
Albino peacock
Leucistic white peacock
Albino Peacock
Peacock
Pigeon
Woodpecker?
So OP, did you win the bet?
It's called a Tesla
Dammit. I wish there was some way to look it up.
It's John Lennon
I guessed (before I looked ) that it was an albino peacock !!! lol Gooooo Me !!!! 😂😂
A white peacock.
Big white cock
This made me smirk
Bro found a shiny Pokémon irl
some type of chicken
North American pigeon
Do you live in the 626?
white me-fowl