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Rupicola peruvianus saturatus
Large cotinga, at 31-33 cm (12.25-13"). This sub species is a deep red orange, grey secondaries, black primaries and tail. Eye is white with yellow eye ring, legs and feet yellow. Characteristic double comb crest from crown to over the bill.
This bird photographed in mixed high forest on eastern Andies just off the Manu road in Southern Peru.
There are a number of sub species of cock of the rock within its range. This one is R.p. saturatus found east of Cuzco south to Bolivia. The chief characteristic of this ssp is its deep red-orange colour. The others are more pale.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2017
Submitted on Aug 6, 2017
21 Comments
Thank you Christine and Felix for your kind comments.
Fantastic bird and shots! Congrats.
Congratulations on another amazing spotting and well-deserved accolade!
Thank you again Daniele and Project Noah. I am incredibly happy with third placing in this category.
Congratulations, yet another great spotting and well-deserved award.
Congratulations Robert, your Andean Cock-Of-The-Rock came joint thirdt in our 2017 Best Wildlife Photo competition, Birds category:
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Four, beautiful photos....
Thank you Mark and Catie for your comments.
Congrats on SOTD, very well deserved. Awesome photos as usual.
Congrats again. Excellent series.
Thank you Daniele for the SOTD. I was so happy to get these images. Thank you also Dan, Jill, Felix, Gilma and Brian for your great comments and support.
Great spotting triggs!! and congrats on SOTD!
Beautiful!
Great spotting and pics! Congrats, Rob.
Congratulations on SOTD a great shot of this fantastic bird
Congrats triggsturner on the sotd! Great shots too! I haven't seen this species but I was lucky enough to spot the Guianan cock of the rock in Guyana.
Congratulations Robert, this spectacular bird is our Spotting of the Day!
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Thank you Leanne, Jim and Daniele for your comments and support. Yes this guy was a show off Daniele, just for a few minutes as breeding hadn't started yet and the birds came in for a quick practice then dispersed again. Incredible experience.
Show off! Excellent triggs :-)
My favorite part of the world...excellent spotting!
Wow! Spectacular.