White Peafowl

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White Peafowl

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シロクジャク
Character Data
Romaji Shirokujaku
Debut Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name Pavo cristatus
Distribution India
Diet Herbivore
Avg. Lifespan 15 years
Read More White Peafowl
Conservation Status iucn3.1 LC.svg.png
White Peafowl Festival (Costume) KF3 Nexon Game Gallery

The White Peafowl is a type of Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Like other colour variants of Friends, White Peafowl is not too different from the Friend she is based on, aside from her stark white colour scheme. The strands of hair on top of her head curve downwards in opposite directions unlike Indian Peafowl’s. Her tights and shoes are a pale pink, and the beak marking on her bangs is a slightly more vibrant pink. The only original colour she retains from Indian Peafowl is the small feather-like pin on her shirt.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media
Media Role

Minor Appearances

Kemono Friends Picross

White Peafowl appears in a puzzle of Kemono Friends Picross where the player can obtain a picture of the friend by solving a puzzle.

In Real Life

While often mistaken for albino, white peafowls are typically the result of leucism in regular Indian peafowls. Leucism is a hereditary genetic condition which keeps the birds from being able to distribute the pigment of their typical colouration to their feathers, resulting in a gorgeous and stunning all-white plumage. Their eyes under the effects of leucism become a striking blue-gray. White peachicks (peafowl offspring) are born a creamy yellow and gradually become all-white as they mature.

The stunning plumage of a white peacock.

Their beauty notwithstanding, leucistic birds are (in general) sometimes hunted for their rare feathers and thereby have a shorter median lifespan. Additionally, some research suggests that they fair less successfully in the mating game than their more common counterparts and that their feathers are weaker and more prone to wear, hindering flight. Unlike birds living with albinism, however, their natural lifespans are unaffected, and white peafowls are able to live relatively typical lives despite the physical differentiation which sets them apart from the rest of their species.

References

Leucism & albinism. BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Starling. https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/behaviour/plumage/leucism. Accessed January 25, 2019.

Skimmings P. The occurrence and performance of leucistic Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1992.tb07224.x. Published June 28, 2008. Accessed January 25, 2019.

Patagonian mara, Patagonian hare Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis patagonum). http://www.yerevanzoo.am/index.php?id=81&L=0&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1344&cHash=6f1fe014708642fff5c6af9c92ca6566. Accessed January 25, 2019.

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