STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 28, 2022 • 3 min read
National Animals Myanmar: Green peafowl
By
Fiona Kelliher
• Feb 28, 2022
The dazzling colours of the beloved peafowl are a treasured sight in Myanmar, which has adopted the bird as its unofficial national animal. But poisonous pesticides and deforestation are causing numbers to dwindle