Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola rupicola(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
The Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) 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.
Range: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rupicola rupicola
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Pipra] rupicola
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'Surinam et toute la Guyane'; restricted to Cayenne by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 242.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.338
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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