13 Fun Short Peacock Facts for a 6-year-old — Easy, Colorful Peacock Facts

13 Fun Peacock Facts for Kids 🦚

Hi! Here are 13 short and easy peacock facts just for a 6-year-old. Read them and have fun!

1. A peacock is the boy; the girl is called a peahen.
2. The family name for both is "peafowl." That means peacocks and peahens are peafowl.
3. The big, colorful tail feathers are called a train.
4. The tail feathers have round "eye" spots that look like many eyes.
5. Peacocks spread their train like a fan to show off and impress peahens.
6. Those feathers can be very long — sometimes almost as tall as a grown person.
7. Peacocks make loud calls you can hear from far away.
8. They can fly short distances and like to sleep up in trees.
9. Peacocks eat seeds, bugs, plants, and sometimes small animals.
10. Many peacocks come from India and Sri Lanka, but people keep them in gardens all over the world.
11. Baby peafowl are called peachicks — they are small and fluffy.
12. Peacocks lose their big tail feathers each year and grow new, bright ones.
13. The colorful feathers help them show off and can surprise animals because of the many "eye" spots.

Which fact did you like best? Try drawing a peacock with lots of pretty eyespots!