Comment by BuyMyBitcoins
11 days ago
I’ve had a mild amount of success asking some nature photographers if they would be willing to make a few of their photos freely licensed so that they can be used on Wikipedia articles.
Wikimedia is a fantastic resource.
Creative Commons offers a portal if you wish to cast a wider net (music, video, 3D models)
It also includes Google Images and Flickr.
https://search.creativecommons.org/
I found the peachicks on Commons by searching "peacock" and then following categories up the tree. If people use the wrong search engine with naïve search terms, I don't know what to tell ya.
This is a parallel example of why reference librarians are still worth consulting, because they will guide you to the library's resources and databases, and demonstrate how to use search queries.