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The Andean cock-of-the-rock (''Rupicola peruvianus'') is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. It is widely regarded as the national bird of Peru. It has four subspecies and its closest relative is the Guianan cock-of-the-rock. The species exhibits marked sexual dimorphism; the male has a large disk-like crest and scarlet or brilliant orange plumage, while the female is significantly darker and browner. Gatherings of males compete for breeding females with each male displaying its colourful plumage, bobbing and hopping, and making a variety of calls. After mating, the female makes a nest under a rocky overhang, incubates the eggs, and rears the young, all by herself. The Andean cock-of-the-rock eats a diet of many organisms. It consistently eats fruit and occasionally feeds on insects, amphibians, reptiles, and smaller mice. The species eats high protein fruits occasionally and has also been found to eat 14 others. It is distributed all across the cloud forest of the Andes. The species is patchily distributed across its range of about . Even though it is being affected by destruction of its habitat, the Andean cock-of-the-rock is not classified as threatened. ==Taxonomy and etymology== One of two species in the genus ''Rupicola'', the other being the Guianan cock-of-the-rock, the Andean cock-of-the-rock was first described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1790. It is considered to be in Cotingidae, a family of brightly coloured birds. The generic name is derived from the Latin stems ''rupes'' "rock" or "cliff", and ''cola'' "inhabiting",〔 and is derived from its habit of nesting in rock walls. Its specific epithet ''peruvianus'' "of Peru" is masculine despite the -''a'' ending of the genus name (in Latin, names in ''-cola'' were masculine or neuter); ''peruviana'' is seen in older works.〔 Four subspecies are known:〔 * ''R. p. peruvianus'' – (Latham, 1790), nominate subspecies * ''R. p. aequatorialis'' – Taczanowski, 1889 * ''R. p. sanguinolentus'' – Gould, 1859 * ''R. p. saturatus'' – Cabanis and Heine, 1859 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andean cock-of-the-rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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