Nashik: As many as 13 peacocks were found dead in drought-prone Nandgaon taluka of Maharashtra's Nashik district, an official said today.

The carcasses of the country's national bird were spotted by villagers in Nagapur-Shivar area near Nandgaon-Manmad railway track yesterday, said Dr S B Gondkar, veterinarian at the government-run animal husbandry centre here.