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).