The challenging task of breeding green peafowls

Majestic animals: Male peafowls, or peacocks, are known for their beautiful tail feathers that form a big round shape when raised, symbolising their authority over a particular territory. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

Animal keepers at Bandung Zoological Garden in West Java revealed that breeding green peafowls, a species listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, was not an easy matter due to their fragile nature.

Gilang Ihsan, who has been working at the park for a year to take care of the birds, said only a small portion of peafowl eggs produced in the zoo would hatch into chicks, despite being monitored carefully during incubation.