The exotic escapee shows a taste for the high life on the window ledge of an apartment building several floors up in chic Fifth Avenue
A peacock has become the latest animal to catch the imagination of New Yorkers after escaping from a zoo in the city.
The male bird was later spotted perching on a window ledge at an apartment building in the upmarket Fifth Avenue area.
In a statement, Central Park Zoo said the exotic escapee did not pose a risk to anyone.
In May a peahen, a peacock's female, fled the Bronx Zoo. A cobra escaped at the same zoo in March.
The peahen managed to strut around the Bronx for at least a day before it was rescued by a garage owner.
'Sophisticated bird'The cobra inspired a spoof Twitter account, amassing nearly 230,000 followers when it went on the run for nearly a week. It did not get far and was found in a dark corner near its tank.
Since escaping on Tuesday, the peacock has so far spawned two Twitter feeds - @CentralPeacock and @BirdOnTheTown - which have already attracted hundreds of followers apiece.
In a statement, Central Park Zoo said it hoped the bird would fly back to its home, but if it did not they would retrieve him.
Scores of people gathered to watch the bird as it perched on a window ledge several storeys high on Manhattan's Upper East Side, just across the road from the zoo.
"It's fun to have a fabulous bird escape on to Fifth Avenue. It's a sophisticated bird," one onlooker, Eileen Remor, told the New York Daily News. "I can't wait until they name it and there are t-shirts."
The peacock drew a crowd on the Fifth Avenue apartment building
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-14383410
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