|
DAILY NEWS ONLINE |
|
|
|
OTHER EDITIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER LINKS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Full
Story
|
|
BUSINESSUS pledges support to promote Lanka's tourismThe United States pledged to support Sri Lanka's tourism sector by investing 3 million dollars on an international media and advertising campaign to support the nation's post-tsunami recovery in tourism. |
||
SPORTSBlue Star face tough opposition in semis
|
|
It’s white and it’s a peacock |
|
|
|
|
|
A white peacock displays its feathers in a bird park in Amman yesterday. Hundreds of visitors, especially students, visit the bird park daily. The peacock or peafowl, large bird of the genus Pavo, in the pheasant family, native to East Asia. There are two main species, the common (Pavo cristatus), and the Javanese (P. musticus) peacocks, both found in deep forest where they travel in small flocks. A third type, the Congo peacock, was discovered recently in Africa. Unusual peacocks are the Argus pheasant, with eyelike spots on its secondary flight feathers, and the white peacock, thought to be a mutation of the common peafowl. When the term peafowl is used, peacock then refers to the male of a species and peahen to the female. During courtship the crested male common peacock displays his elongated upper tail coverts - a magnificent green and gold erectile train adorned with blue-green eyes - before the duller-plumaged peahen. The peacock is well-known as an ornamental bird, though it is quarrelsome and does not mix well with other domestic animals. Reuters |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Meet the Rugby clubs - Air Force will provide the shocks this year
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Headlines |
|
|
Political Security
Business
Features
Sports World
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |