Peacock under the Microscope

Peafowl are three species of flying birds in the genus Pavo from the pheasant family. These birds are best known for the male's colorful eye-spotted tail, which it displays while courting the female.

Photo: Jebulon

The male is called a peacock. The female a peahen (usually grey or brown), and offspring are peachicks.

All images captured at 100x magnification under the HSZ6-TBL stereo microscope using the DCM2.1 microscope camera. Magnification was increased using a slightly higher magnifying c-mount camera adapter.