Have you seen me? I’m hard to miss.

Uxbridge looking for missing peacock

UXBRIDGE — There’s a peacock on the loose in Uxbridge.

The Uxbridge Police Department and Animal Control Department is investigating a report of a lost peacock, which was reported missing by its owners on Wednesday.

The bird’s owner lives south of Route

16 on Douglas Street, but peacocks can travel long distances in a relatively short amount of time. Several years ago, a peacock escaped from

Southwick’s Zoo in nearby Mendon and it ended up being spotted in different locations in Uxbridge before it was caught.

Police are asking anyone who sees the missing peacock to call the department at (508) 278-7755 so the owner can pick it up.

The peacock, also widely popular as peafowl, is a medium-sized, colorful bird belonging to the pheasant family. The bird is native to Asia. Peacocks are large, colorful pheasants (typically blue and green) known for their iridescent tails.

These tail feathers, or coverts, spread out in a distinctive train that is more than 60 percent of the bird’s total body length and boast colorful “eye” markings of blue, gold, red, and other hues.

The large train is used in mating rituals and courtship displays. It can be arched into a fan that reaches across the bird’s back and touches the ground on either side.