Male Cock-of-the-Rock

by Daniel Hebard

Title

Male Cock-of-the-Rock

Artist

Daniel Hebard

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Digital Art - Digital Photography

Description

From my experience visiting the Parker aviary at the San Diego zoo the male and females Cock-of-the Rocks are gregarious show offs who enjoy interacting with aviary visitors often making spectacular displays flying over unsuspecting visitors heads.They are pretty and fun to watch.Wikipedia makes the following comments;
The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua),[2] is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. It is widely regarded as the national bird of Peru. It has four subspecies and its closest relative is the Guianan cock-of-the-rock.
The Andean cock-of-the-rock exhibits marked sexual dimorphism; the male has a large disk-like crest and scarlet or brilliant orange plumage, while the female is significantly darker and browner. Gatherings of males compete for breeding females with each male displaying its colourful plumage, bobbing and hopping, and making a variety of calls. After mating, the female makes a nest under a rocky overhang, incubates the eggs, and rears the young, all by herself.
The Andean cock-of-the-rock eats a diet of fruit, supplemented by insects, amphibians, reptiles, and smaller mice. It is distributed all across the cloud forest of the Andes, having a range of around 260,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). Even though it is being affected by destruction of its habitat, the Andean cock-of-the-rock is not classified as threatened.

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April 29th, 2018

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