Peacock-Turkey Hybrid?
In Littleton, MA at the Hartwell Reserve Conservation Land I saw a young tom turkey and, when it moved off, I scared up its companion - some kind of peacock. At first I thought it might be a hen peacock but this aquamarine neck feathering is on the males. It had that little crown of bare feather shafts topped with tufts.
The back, wing and tail feathers were more turkey-like than peacock-like: dark brown and barred. I am perhaps mis-remembering that a peacock has rust brown wing feathers - which this did not. Maybe it was just a juvenile male peacock hanging with a turkey. Or maybe it was a hybrid.
Sorry I could not get a better picture. There were several moments when both birds were in plain view but my camera was busy "processing" the previous picture.
The back, wing and tail feathers were more turkey-like than peacock-like: dark brown and barred. I am perhaps mis-remembering that a peacock has rust brown wing feathers - which this did not. Maybe it was just a juvenile male peacock hanging with a turkey. Or maybe it was a hybrid.
Sorry I could not get a better picture. There were several moments when both birds were in plain view but my camera was busy "processing" the previous picture.
posted by pwax at 1:24 PM
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Have we discussed the peacock/turkey situation here before? Not hybrids--that's new--but the tendency for peacocks to hang with turkeys when their own kind is absent. This is a new wrinkle, and I am curious whether hybridizing is possible.
You've got me going now. Here's a peacock/guinea fowl hybrid!
http://www.guineas.com/gazette1.html
And it looks like somebody noticed your post and ruminated upon it:
http://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/3344
I also found this, but it was photoshopped to look this way:
http://www.photoshoppix.com/coppermine/displayimage/album=5/pos=153.html
hi folks recently did a smoke damage cleanup on a lodge full of mounts and one of the birds was definitely a turcock. I understand they were deliberately produced in central/south america. you could definitely tell it was a cross.
I live about 1/2 mile away from the Hartwell land and this morning a peacock like the one in the above pictures, along with a large tom turkey, a juvenile tom and several hens, were in my backyard for a 1/2 hour or so feeding at my birdfeeders. I did get several good pictures along with some video. I noticed the peacock's tail feathers were very ragged so they may have been pecked off by the tom or perhaps damaged by an animal attack. I can send pictures if anyone's interested.
I wish someone would send some good pictures. YES PLEASE!
Apparently there is not much online about turkey-peaccock hybrids. If they are real can I choose the name? I propose "Purkey".
I live In southern In. and I'm seeing a p- hen type bird in my yard running around with tom and hen turkeys I need to learn more about it I'm thinking about trapping it, It's killed one of my chickens does anyone know if they are aggresive. no one believes me when I tell them about until I show then a picture. Thanks please respond to,,jsdgonefishing@verizon.net
turkey,peacock hybrids have been popping up from time to time, I have seen them personally, beautiful birds,.I'm in the prosess of making some of my own
We had a peacock and 3 turkeys come into our yard this summer. The peacock was casing our chicken coop, so the kids opened the door & she darted in. The turkeys came back for her several days later. We let her out and they all wandered off together. This happened a couple times. This "gang" had been seen together as far back as 3 years ago. Anyway, the peacock is currently sitting on a nest of eggs in the hay barn. We are very excited to see what these hybrid babies will look like!!
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