#Guianan cock-of-the-rock

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupícola), one of Guaviare’s most sought-after bird species. It inhabits the rocky walls of the Lindosa mountain range.

Image by Sebastián Di Doménico.

[troythecatfish]

[helluvatimes]

One Cocksure Cotinga

A Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) resting in a dark cleft of a rock in its cage in Bird Paradise. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

“Rock” in the species name refers to how the female prefers to nest on rock cliffs. But all the attention goes to the flamboyant males and their confident courtship behaviour. Males snap their bills, vocalize and dance to show off their crests, feathers and the elongated filaments on their rumps. — Bird Paradise.

[critter-captures]

Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) (male), family Cotingidae (cotingas)

The Guianan cock-of-the-rock shows strong sexual dimorphism, with males having larger crests on the head, having silky filamentous feathers on the wings, and being far more brightly colored. Females are dull brownish in color, with a darker bill, and a small crest on the head.

Avifauna, taken July 2024

[colorsoutofearth]

Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola), Guyana

Photos by Pete Oxford

[cirrates]

everyone always talks about the andean cock of the rock but what the hell is this

[otterlywyrdfirbolg]

Kept seeing the Cock-of-the-rock bird all over Tumblr, so I drew a pic of one.

Happy pride month!

[the-vegan-muser]

Some more Orange Man content for you guys.

The Orange Man won’t stop trying to seduce me.

[tenth-sentence]

In fact, those adults who do not mate heterosexually are often the ones most frequently mounted by younger males.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Often the younger male mounts the older male several times in succession, and courtship and display often alternate with mountings.

A younger (adolescent) male Guianan Cock-of-the-rock mounting a bright orange adult male in the forests of Suriname

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[herpsandbirds]

Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola rupicola), male, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, found in northern South America

photograph by Nereston (Nelinho) Camargo

[mutant-distraction]

Andean Cock of the Rock

The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. It is the national bird of Peru. It has four subspecies and its closest relative is the Guianan cock-of-the-rock.

Photo by:Supreet Sahoo (Tropical Photo Tours) via 500px

[charlesoberonn]

You’re bi and you love cocks? Well do I have some birds for you! Cockatiels, cockatoos, Guianan cock-of-the-rock, Andean cock-of-the-rock, and cockerels also known as roosters!

Good stuff

[that-dreaming-dragon]

The Birdness in Me, a Bird-Like Dragon

by Yumemoto, Ryuu ~ 480 words, estimated 4 minutes read.

Prior to knowing the alterhuman community and all the terms under its umbrella, I had a strong interest in all things birds. Now, with more knowledge of various forms of alterhumanity, I’m never sure if that is because of paratype feelings or perhaps familial, as my sort of caretaker growing up was my younger sibling, who has something going on that I would categorize as alterhumanity with phoenix.

Maybe I could call birds a special interest. But I don’t actually know what counts as an autism brand of spin. I really need help with that, masked as much and as long as I have.

Now, onto the paratype feeling.

Appearance-wise, the only bird part of me is my feathers, sometimes wings, sometimes quill. But I have a lot of birdness in me like there are catness or fishiness or any sort of animal components in other dragons. I connect certain behaviors and instincts to birdness. The desire to build nests high up on some cliff face, perhaps overlooking the ocean. "Preening" as a word that feels right. Chirping and screeching, though those arguably can just as easily be considered purely draconic behavior. I don't migrate according to the season, my sibling does though, lending more my feeling on them being somewhat alterhuman.

And I took that paratype and put it into the enfield heartlink.

An enfield is “a mythological creature made up of body parts of other animals. They are known to generally have the head of a fox, the body and forelegs of an eagle and the hind and rear legs of a wolf (some variations also add lion and greyhound parts into the mix).” -> quoted from An Irish Mythical Creature – The Enfield.

Art by William O'Connor

My version of enfield so far contains the paratype feeling of birds from me, and the paratype feeling of a three-tailed kitsune from my fictohearttype. As for the wolfness that may or may not be there in my enfield 'type, well, my partner is a wolf.

It all kind of strengthened my connection towards birdness, however sideways it is.

My partner also joked about me being, or at least hearted with, a rupicola rupicola, aka the Guianan cock-of-the-rock.

Image from Flickr, by Johannes Pfleiderer

Very pretty, also Very Orange ("and very derpy!"). Kinda why they thought of me. While it didn’t evoke much strong feeling in an alterhuman sense, it is still something that I held some importance with, because of this connection and memories. It is being drawn onto my alterhuman/queer identity heraldry.

Ultimately, I’m tangled with birds a lot because of my alterhumanity and general strong passion and interests. Often, I have to turn to bird-related things to gain actual kinfeels as a feathered dragon, like picking up feather-themed merch or searching for bird-specific games or shows. It’s hard to tell if that’s due to being a dragon with bird-like traits, or purely because of this paratype connection to birds.

[oatmealdaydreams]

Wings (Art Dump)

Was inspired by the designs drawn by @thegoldenduckie, so of course I made some of my own.

Just the wings because I can't draw human anatomy worth anything (lmao).

I'll revisit these later and make the wings more accurate to their bird model. Just did this on a lil whim.

Also, this is my first time in a while doing digital art, so bear with me. Not the greatest.

Please do not repost, thank you.

[see art under the cut]

^Logan's wings as a carrion crow

^Patton's wings as a bluebird

^Roman's wings as a cardinal

^Virgil's wings as a violet-backed starling

^Janus' wings as a saffron finch

^Remus' wings as a mitred parakeet

^Orange's wings as a guianan cock-of-the-rock

(yes, that's its actual name)

^Thomas' wings as a mix between a scarlet macaw & a purple-backed thornbill

And as a lil treat...

^King Romulus' wings as a wood thrush

[internetdruid]

🥚hello i dont fully remember following you but thanks for putting a bunch of cool animals on my dash :D!!

Guianan cock-of-the-rock!

(Rupicola rupicola)

Also, this used to be @tofupupper! I fell out of wanting to post tofu chan videos so here we are now. Thank you for enjoying the revamp!