cock of rock

The Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests inSouth America. The plural is Andean Cocks-of-the-rock. 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 will feed on insects, amphibians, reptiles, and very rarely will prey on smaller mice. The species eats high protein fruits

 occasionally and has also been found to eat 14 other, more frequently eaten, fruits.
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