Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Rupicola (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus) Male
Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Female
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most commonly seen at a lek, where males gather making zombie-like sounds awaiting a female. Leks are active in early morning hours, are become very noisy when a female arrives.


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