Ones involved in an elaborate courtship

Usage examples of peahens.

There were narrow tracks worn through the tall grasses which Telmon said were certainly made by cassowaries, but all they found were two peahens, which whirred up under their ponies' hooves and flew off into the dusk.

The important point is that nature doesn't need computing power in order to select, except in special cases like peahens choosing peacocks.

The gaggle of diminutive peahens loose in the avenue continued to peck away at the wiry grass, ignoring the display.

It is just the spittle cock boys who need threats and roaring, never lovely little peahens like you.