When it suddenly awakes it cries out, because it thinks its beauty has been lost. Its feet are very ugly, so the peacock refuses to fly high in order to keep its feet hidden. The Epiphanius Physiologus says that the peacock is of all birds the most proud, and indeed his body and wings are beautiful.
When he walks about he admires himself greatly, but when he looks down and sees his feet he gives a loud cry, for they are very ugly. The interpretation relates the peacock's enjoyment of his physical beauty to that of a man of his worldly goods; just as the peacock cries out when it sees his ugly feet, so the worldly man will cry out to God when he sees the ugliness of his sin. The van der Borcht copperplate engraving below is a standard depiction of the peacock. The typical peacock call is more of a bird noise crossed with a baby crying out.
They use this sound for a lot of reasons; to make their presence known, warn off predators, call a mate, ward off other peacocks, and so on. This is why peacocks honk directly at peahens, and will usually combine it with a little shuffle in their direction as shown in the video above. This is also why most people have not heard a peacock honk in person.
Related — Wondering if female peafowl spread their feathers like peacocks? Peacocks are noisy, make no mistake about it.
Like most animals, peacocks make different noises depending on the situation and how they want to communicate with other peacocks. Screaming — I see most people describing a peacocks normal call as a scream. Peacocks are very noisy during the breeding season, especially when they call with repeated penetrating screams.
Not only do they scream but the male makes a unique call just before he mates with a female. As he dashes toward her he lets out a bell-like whoop. This call intrigued Duke University biologist Jessica Yorzinski. Why do male peacocks do this? There are two very distracted peacocks over here.
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