Home to roost: Rogue Wellington peacock's owners have been found

Even comedian Jemaine Clement shared the council's missing bird post. Photo / Getty Images

Wellington City Council are thanking social media users for helping spread the word about a rogue peacock.

The peacock went viral after it was found wandering the streets of Newlands unattended on Wednesday.

The council tweeted an image of the colourful creature in an attempt to track down its owner.

Today the council has confirmed the bird's owner had been in touch.

Spokesperson Victoria Barton-Chapple said comedian Jemaine Clement re-tweeted the image, sending the search global.

*FOUND - PEACOCK*
Is this your peacock?
Our team were notified by the Newlands community who spotted it wandering around today.
If it's your peacock, or you know who it might belong to, give us a call on 04 499 4444 so we can get it back home to roost. pic.twitter.com/1MkUZvzRFc

— Wellington City Council (@WgtnCC) February 17, 2021

"People around the world are sort of responding, they've got the weight of the world on their shoulders and we're searching for the owners of the peacock."

She told the Herald it was a good reminder to get your pets microchipped - even if they are a peacock as they don't have many identifying features.

On Thursday she told the Herald there were just seven days for the owner to come forward, and they'd already recieved offers on social media offering to take the bird.

"We've had someone from the Waikato saying if it's got a scar above its eye it might be theirs, but given it's [in] Wellington and it's a peacock I'm not sure how that's going to work out."