#Rupicola rupicola

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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.

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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.

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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

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Guianan cock-of-the-rock!

(Rupicola rupicola)

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

Photos by Pete Oxford

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Andean Cock of the Rock (Rupicola peruvianus), male, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Ecuador,

photograph by Cayce Jehaimi

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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

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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

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Glaucomaria rupicola (syn Lecanora rupicola)

*sigh* Yet another lichen species name that may actually represent multiple species, but more investigation is needed. G. rupicola has multiple morphotypes and subspecies, but it is still unclear how many of these may actually be due to genetic variation, chemical adaptation, or the result of parasitism by Arthonia varians which often effects the color of the apothecia. This crustose lichen has a rimose-areolate, white-gray thallus surrounded in a dark prothallus. It produces lecanorine apothecia which have a dark disc covered in pale pruina, giving them a glaucous, chalky appearance. G. rupicola grows on silicious rock all over.

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Received this wonderful 1974 Colombian stamp featuring Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruviana). The stamp celebrates 100 years of the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland. Note the Droste effect in the design.

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For @cathartesauraa because your tags made me smile but also for all my dear mutuals (mwah :*) and everyone else who likes birds <3

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Cock Of The Rock

The Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus) looking for the ideal spot to preen itself in the Bird Paradise. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This is actually a passerine bird from South America, found in tropical rainforests around rocky outcrops.

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Andean cock-of-the-rock

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

photograph by Nereston (Nelinho) Camargo

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During homosexual copulation, the younger male climbs onto the adult's back and perches firmly, moving his tail sideways to try and make genital contact.

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