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A baby Indian peafowl is called a peachick. The male, called a peacock, spreads a huge fan of shiny tail feathers. The female is called a peahen.
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What Is a Baby Peacock Called? Peachick
A baby peacock is called a peachick. Below you will find what baby peacocks eat, how they grow and which other animals share the same baby name.
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A baby peacock is called a peachick.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “peachick”
A baby peacock is called a peachick. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Growing up
A young peacock grows into an adult that is about 1 m long plus a 1.5 m train.
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Fun fact
A peacock’s tail feathers have “eyes” on them.
Act it outPretend to be a peachick with a parent.
Write itWrite “peachick” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its baby name.
Similar animals
Other Animals Whose Babies Are Called Peachicks
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Mammal
A baby beaver is called a kit. Beavers chew through trees with their strong orange teeth. They build dams and cozy homes called lodges from sticks and mud.
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A baby shark is called a pup. A shark can lose thousands of teeth in its life, and new ones keep moving forward to take their place. The whale shark is the biggest fish in the world.
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A baby kiwi is called a chick. Kiwis are birds from New Zealand that cannot fly. Their nostrils are at the tip of their long beak to help them sniff out worms.
Baby: chick Read kiwi facts
Quick quiz
Baby Name Quiz: Peacock
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Baby Peacocks
A baby peacock is called a peachick. A peacock’s tail feathers have “eyes” on them.
Young peacocks soon eat the same kind of food as adults: seeds, insects and small reptiles.
Peacocks live for about 20 years.
A group of peacocks is called an ostentation.
They grow up where their parents live: India and Sri Lanka (forests).
No. The peacock is a bird.