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Revision plan for the Wikipedia's Peafowl article

This Wikipedia article is overall good,with few exceptions on some of it's paragraphs.In my opinion, the paragraphs are not balanced. Some of them contain enough information on the topic they are explaining, but some are only a sentence long. Although I feel that much can be edited in this particular article, I chose to focus on the Diet section for now. The diet section is very poor in words, not giving enough information about the topic.It is constructed only by one single sentence. My plan is to find reliable sources and gather as much data as I possibly can on this topic. I am planning to gather data on the diet of both wild and domestic peafowls. I will try to explain what is their particular preference and make a list of the different foods they eat. For example, as any wild animal, the wild peafowl would eat almost anything they can digest to survive. However, the domestic peafowls are more choosy because of the luxury to never go hungry. Domesticated peafowls eat mostly bread crumbs and different seeds.

Annotated Bibliography:

I will use the following resources as guide in writing my final conclusion on the topic of peafowl Diet.
 * http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peacock/
 * http://animals.pawnation.com/habits-peacocks-2217.html
 * http://animals.pawnation.com/peacocks-diet-10104.html
 * http://diet.yukozimo.com/what-do-peacocks-eat/
 * http://aboutpeafowl.com/feedingpeafowl.html

Diet
Peafowl have interesting diet. They are omnivores and eat most plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, insects and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians. However, it must be noted that these bird's diet depends on what part of the world they live in and whether they are wild or domesticated. Wild Peafowl Diet As ground-feeders, 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. If their living conditions in the wild permit, the wild peafowl usually like to nibble plant parts, eat grass, flower petals, and variety of seeds. They actively hunt insects like ants, crickets, millipedes, termites and other arthropods and small mammals. Surprisingly, these birds will eat amphibians which includes snakes, especially poisonous snakes. Domestic Peafowl Diet Domesticated Peafowl have slightly different and more varied diet than their wild cousins. Sometimes they may eat grass, different kinds of seed, flower petals, insects and some arthropods; however, domestic Peafowl eat mostly what they are fed by their keeper. Many people who raise Peafowl in their backyard feed these birds bread and cracked grain such as oats and corn. People also feed Peafowl cooked rice, cheese, and sometimes even cat food. Because the domestic Peafowl enjoy a wide variety of foods, they will thrive best with additions of animal and plant products daily. It is noticed by keepers that Peafowl love protein rich food including larva that infests granaries, different kinds of meat, as well as vegetables including dark leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, beans, beats, and peas. They also relish many fruits. In the Peafowl diet the most important is fresh and clean water.