the typical eyespots of a great argus pheasant, the plumage of a blue bird-of-paradise (pictured above) and the tail feathers of a grey peacock-pheasant (pictured below). Receive a weekly dose of ...

“The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail ... When train-rattling, the birds used the shorter, grey tail feathers to strum the longer feathers like a guitar. On average, they did it at ...

Some of its closest relatives, including the gorgeous Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis), endemic to the Philippines, and the grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum), the ...

"They call them contemporary leis," he said. "You can use more than just pheasant feathers, peacock feathers is a common one they use." Herr obtains the feathers from the pheasants he raises on ...