Peacocks are adult male peafowl (large ground-nesting birds), known for their iridescent plumage.

Peacock or Peacocks may also refer to:

Animals

Fish

  • Aulonocara ("peacocks"), endemic to East Africa
  • Peacock bass (Cichla), endemic to South America

Insects

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  • Peacock fly (Callopistromyia annulipes), native to North America

Nymphalid butterflies

  • Anartia, a genus endemic to the Americas
  • Aglais io, the European peacock
  • Peacock pansy (Junonia almana), from South Asia

Swallowtail butterflies

  • Papilio blumei, the green swallowtail
  • Several other South Asian Papilio species

Film, stage and television

  • Peacock (2005 film) (Kong que), a Chinese film
  • Peacock (2010 film), an American psychological thriller
  • Peacock (2024 film), an Austrian-German comedy-drama film
  • Peacock (TV series), a British comedy series, aired from 2022
  • "Peacocks", an episode of the television series Teletubbies
  • Peacock (streaming service), an American streaming service by NBCUniversal
  • The logo of American television network NBC which is often called "The Peacock Network"
  • Peacock Productions, the defunct long-form production unit of NBC News
  • The Peacock, a small, experimental theatre within the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

Music

  • Peacock Records, a record label (1949–1979)
  • "Peacock" (song), 2010, by Katy Perry
  • "Peacock", 2019 song by Jordan Sandhu
  • "Peacock", 1986, by Splash (South African band)
  • "Peacocks", by The Mountain Goats
  • Peacock-class corvette, a Royal Navy ship class
  • , various Royal Navy ships
  • , a number of U.S. Navy vessels

Places

India

  • Peacock Bay, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Umananda Island, Guwahati, Assam (called Peacock Island by the British)

United States

  • Peacock, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Peacock Township, Michigan
  • Peacock Island (Connecticut)
  • Peacock Mountains, Arizona
  • Peacock Mountain, Washington
  • Peacock Park, Miami, Florida, an urban park
  • Peacock Peak, Arizona
  • Peacock Spring I and Peacock Spring II, springs in Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park, Live Oak, Florida

Elsewhere

  • Peacock Sound, Antarctica
  • Peacock Island (disambiguation)

Businesses

  • Peacocks (clothing), a British value fashion chain
  • The Peacocks (Woking), a shopping centre near London (now Victoria Place)
  • Peacock (St. Paul's Churchyard), a Stuart-era London bookseller
  • Peacock Inn, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, a former public house
  • Peacock Inn, Islington, London, a former public house
  • Daimaru Peacock (formerly Peacock Sangyo), a Japanese supermarket chain

Science and technology

  • Peacock (star), in the constellation Pavo
  • Peacock ore or bornite, a mineral
  • Peacock Palmtop PC, a 1990s mobile device

Sport

  • Saint Peter's Peacocks, athletic teams of Saint Peter's University
  • "The Peacocks", a nickname for the English football club Leeds United

People and fictional characters

  • Peacock (surname), including fictional characters
  • Olaf the Peacock (c. 938–1006), Icelandic merchant and chieftain

Other uses

  • Peacock (Fabergé egg), a 1908 Fabergé egg
  • Peacock Lane, Portland, Oregon, a short street
  • Peacock Mausoleum, Gorton, Manchester, England, a Victorian monument to Richard Peacock and his son Joseph

See also

  • R v Peacock, a law case
  • The Flying Peacock, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling
  • Pavão (disambiguation) (Portuguese for )
  • Pavo (disambiguation) (Latin for )