Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola peruvianus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Andean Cock-of-the-rock
The Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cotingidae (Cotingas) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Rupicola peruvianus
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus
- Rupicola peruvianus aequatorialis
- Rupicola peruvianus peruvianus
- Rupicola peruvianus saturatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Pipra] peruviana
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Peru; restricted to Chanchamayo district by Chapman, 1926, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 55, p. 547.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.555
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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