Editing Peafowl (section)

== Diet ==
[[File:Peafowl at the Taipei Zoo.jpg|thumb|A green peafowl (''[[Pavo muticus]]'')]]

Peafowl are [[omnivore]]s and mostly eat plants, flower petals, seed heads, insects and other [[arthropod]]s, [[reptile]]s, and [[amphibian]]s. Wild peafowl look for their food scratching around in [[leaf litter]] either early in the morning or at dusk. They retreat to the shade and security of the woods for the hottest portion of the day. These birds are not picky and will eat almost anything they can fit in their beak and digest. They actively hunt insects like ants, crickets and termites; millipedes; and other [[arthropod]]s and small mammals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peacock |url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peacock/ |website=National Geographic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302193601/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peacock/ |archive-date=2 March 2010}}</ref> Indian peafowl also eat small snakes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johnsingh |first1=A. J. T. |year=1976 |title=Peacocks and cobra |journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume=73 |issue=1 |page=214 }}</ref>

Domesticated peafowl may also eat bread and cracked grain such as oats and corn, cheese, cooked rice and sometimes cat food. It has been noticed by keepers that peafowl enjoy protein-rich food including larvae that infest [[granaries]], different kinds of meat and fruit, as well as vegetables including dark leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, beans, beets, and peas.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is a Peacock's Diet? |url=http://animals.pawnation.com/peacocks-diet-10104.html |website=pawnation.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511085413/http://animals.pawnation.com/peacocks-diet-10104.html |archive-date=11 May 2014}}</ref>