The former South Hill bird, dubbed George by some neighbours and Hank by others, came to prominence after Roxby St resident Barbara Byers contacted the Otago Daily Times in January saying the bird screamed ''like a child being beaten'' every night.
On Monday, the peacock was captured and rehomed at a rural property after a Perth St resident lured the bird into a specially designed cage, on behalf of the Waitaki District Council, a council spokeswoman said.
She would not identify the man who trapped the bird, nor would she disclose the identity of the new owner, who had asked to remain anonymous.
''He has definitely been rehomed. He is alive,'' the spokeswoman said of the peacock.
''Some time ago we put out a request to the public, would anybody like a peacock - in a suitable location - and we were approached by somebody.''
The council tried unsuccessfully to catch the bird from February to April, and called off the attempts when the bird fell silent.
In October, Mrs Beyers again contacted the ODT saying, she was ''up in arms'' about the ''slack'' response from the council since the bird began ''screaming again''.
Yesterday, she embraced the news.
''I think it's really, really good [news].
''I'm glad for the bird. I didn't want the bird to die - I wanted it rehomed. All along, I wanted it rehomed.''
Mrs Beyers had called for the bird to be shot, but she said that, in the past, she had been ''grumpy'' after losing sleep. She had said just shoot it - ''which I didn't really mean at all''.
The council spokeswoman called this week's result ''great''.
''We couldn't ever give up on it entirely, because it was a complaint and we needed to co-operate and do our best, but we needed the co-operation of the community and that's what we got.''
In a press release yesterday, council regulatory services manager Lichelle Guyan said any person who decided to keep a peacock or any poultry had to ensure birds were effectively contained within their property and did not cause a nuisance.
