Cameo Peafowl Pair

Cameo is the fourth color mutation of the India Blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), appearing in the United States around 1967. This Cameo peafowl pair is similar to a Buford bronze pair, only paler. The cameo color is a sex linked recessive trait.

This pair includes one mature male, or peacock, and one mature female, or peahen. The cameo mutation results in shades of brown, tan, and white. As mating season progresses, the feathers lose color and become significantly paler.

After each molt, the male is a creamy brown with dark chocolate neck feathers. Unlike other varieties, the plumage lacks iridescence. The female is a much lighter brown, with darker rusty metallic neck feathers. The peachicks are creamy tan.

Only the peacock has a train, or extra long tail coverts, which he displays while courting. The eyes, or ocelli, of a Cameo train are dark brown, fading over time until the next molt.