Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) - HBW 9, p. 107
French: Coq-de-roche orange
German: Tiefland-Felsenhahn
Spanish: Gallito de las Rocas Guayanés
Other common names: Orange Cock-of-the-rock
Taxonomy: [Pipra] rupicola Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.
Sometimes isolated with R. peruvianus in a separate family, Rupicolidae. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Colombia (locally SE Vichada S to Vaupés), S Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), the Guianas, and locally N Brazil (from upper R Negro region E to Amapá, S to c. 100 km N of Manaus).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two dorsal views of a perched male, flying away in the end. Locality Voltzberg-Raleigh Nature Reserve, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 April 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A ventral view of a preening male. Locality Voltzberg-Raleigh Nature Reserve, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 April 2011 1 year ago 32 sec 4.4 -
bird on branch eating berry Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Keith and Lynn Youngs 23 November 2008 12 weeks ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A preening male in a large lek. Locality Voltzberg-Raleigh Nature Reserve, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 3 April 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 4 -
A front view of a bird perched and flying away Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 5 years ago 4 sec 3.9 -
A bird hidden, looking through the branches Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2007 5 years ago 22 sec 3.8
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bird perching close to the ground - close up
Locality Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 20 August 2012 38 weeks ago 4.6 -
An adult male in a group of about 30 birds, in season mating.
Locality Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 1 year ago 4.4 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Kaieteur Falls, Kaieteur National Park, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 23 November 2006 4 years ago 4.2 -
A female at the nest
Locality Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 31 March 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
A adult male on a perch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 13 December 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
![Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) [nid:5337]](http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/imagecache/thumb/pictures/DSCN0229a.jpg "Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) [nid:5337]")
Filhote no ninho
Locality Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Marilene Rodrigues Omena 2 February 2005 2 years ago 3.5
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Recorded at km 111 at Sierra de Lema, www.birds-venezuela.de Locality Upata, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Joe Klaiber 1 November 2005 41 weeks ago 3.5
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