How to Use peafowl in a Sentence

peafowl

noun
  • Don’t eat or have food around peafowl.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Every day, Campbell herds the peafowl away from her house with a large palm frond.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Every Thursday, the peafowl could be seen chasing the garbage truck.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 5 July 2022
  • Male peafowl are called peacocks; females are referred to as peahens.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Two male peafowl, one adult opossum and one juvenile opossum were brought to the center.
    — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Some people love the peafowl and feed them — which also stretches some neighbors' nerves to the breaking point.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 May 2017
  • While often referred to as white peacocks, the birds are more accurately known as white peafowl.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • To this day, hundreds of peafowl still range across the property and into Arcadia.
    — Farah Eltohamy, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The birds are commonly known as peacocks, though the females are technically peahens, and both are peafowl.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • On the other hand, populations of species like peafowls are increasing while sparrows are stable.
    — Neha Jain, Quartz India, 24 Feb. 2020
  • In the affluent village of Pinecrest, the peafowl found larger lots with plenty of greenery that were far more to their liking.
    — Patricia Mazzei Alfonso Duran, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Like their more familiar blue relatives, peafowl are capable of flying, despite their large size and long tail feathers.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Davis believes Stevens added the peafowl and other exotic animals to dress up the surroundings.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Male peafowl, called peacocks, are known for their screeching calls and plumage, including a long train of feathers that’s displayed during courtship rituals.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Nearby neighborhoods such as Dreamhill Estates and Oak Hills also have their share of wild peafowl.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Enthusiasts say the peafowl are a blessing, with their gorgeous plumage enlivening neighborhoods.
    — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 6 June 2021
  • The South Pasadena peafowl population has spiked dramatically in the last year.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Near the county arboretum in Arcadia, ostentations — the term for groups of peafowl — have been spotted chasing coyotes.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Frank Vanderlip, a banker who helped develop the peninsula in the early 1900s, received a gift of peafowl.
    — Farah Eltohamy, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • For years, peafowl have called Los Angeles County home, and residents have disputed how to best handle the roughly ten-pound birds.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The Arboretum is a wildlife sanctuary, so expect to see migratory birds and other species—including their famous peafowl.
    — Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 May 2018
  • The City of San Marino also offers an application for traps for private property to contain the peafowl.
    — Brisa Colon and Hollie Silverman, CNN, 9 June 2021
  • Dakin and Montgomerie have now found similar results in two peafowl populations in Canada and one in the United States.
    — Susan Milius, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2011
  • Residents have suggested feeding a contraceptive called Ovo Control P to peafowl.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 14 June 2017
  • The Los Angeles County Arboretum, home to more than 100 peafowl, is located there.
    — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 6 June 2021
  • Residents, however, became concerned this year after noticing fewer peafowl near their usual roaming areas around Casselberry’s chain of lakes.
    — Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Finding a permanent home for peafowl became increasingly difficult over the years as trappers started refusing to deal with them and as once-reliable relocation sites, such as zoos, refused to take them.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Head for this nondescript neighborhood bordered by Loop 410 and the Medical Center that’s home to a flashy flock of peafowl — more commonly known as peacocks.
    — Richard Marini, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • This is the context in which Pinecrest, a Miami-Dade county municipality, pitched a vasectomy initiative to wane the presence of peafowl within its borders.
    — Sandra Gutierrez, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
  • After Baldwin’s death, part of his ranch (and peafowl) became the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026

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