Animal Description:

A black peacock is a melanistic variation of the Indian Peafowl, also known as the Black-shouldered Peafowl, Black-winged Peafowl, or Japanned Peafowl. The black-shouldered mutation is a recessive genetic variation and was once thought to be a subspecies or even a species, but it is now known to be a genetic variation. In the wild, these color mutations are rare, but selective breeding has made them common in captivity.