Many people consider the peacock to be the world's most beautiful bird. Certainly the peacocks think they are; they spend most of their lives showing off their feathers.
When I was a child at the LA County Arboretum near my home, they were the first thing I wanted to see on each visit. Those happy if overfed specimens could barely fly to the lower branches of the trees and occasionally into the neighbors' yards (where their calls made them very unpopular). Only the males have this spectacular plumage.
Follow the link to some rare pictures of male peacocks in full flight, plus one of their drab girlfriends.
PS: Apropos some recent postings, don't share this with Wayne la Pierre. It would not be good for peacocks.