Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae  | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Manu Raod, Cuzco

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Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Aguas Calientes, Cuzco

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Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Manu Raod, Cuzco

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Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Escalera, San Martin


Identification & Behavior: ~32 cm (12.5 in). The male Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock is bright orange with black wings and tail and a large gray patch on the lower back (tertial feathers). The female is chestnut. Both sexes have pale iris with a blue tinge in the female. The immature looks like a female. The Juvenile male shows orange in various amounts before attaining the adult plumage. It forages in humid montane forests where it associates with vertical faces of bare rock used for nesting.

Status: The Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock is uncommon and widespread in humid montane forests of the east slope of the Andes where it is known to range at elevations between 500-2300 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Gallito-de-las-Rocas Andino.

Sub-species: Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus aequatorialis), Taczanowski, 1889.  Andes of W Venezuela (NW Barinas, Táchira), C & E Andes of Colombia, and E slope in Ecuador and Peru (S to Amazonas and N San Martín).
(Rupicola peruvianus peruvianus), (Latham), 1790.  C Peru (S San Martín S to Junín).
(Rupicola peruvianus saturatus), Cabanis and Heine, 1859.  SE Peru and W Bolivia (La Paz,

Meaning of Name: Rupicola: L. rupes, rupis= rock and cola, colere= dweller, to inhabit. peruvianus: In reference to the country of Peru. Until the early 18th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.

See more of the Family Cotingidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.