Other Scientific Names
Rupicola peruviana [BirdLife International (2004)], Rupicola peruviana [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Rupicola peruviana [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Red Cock-of-the-rock
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) [XC245527]
by Joe Klaiber from Finca La Garant\u00eda, Vereda Brisas del Tonce, Chameza, Casanare, Colombia (song)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) [XC750689]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from Nanegalito (near Tandayapa), Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (dawn song)
Nest
Composed of mud, located on rocky outcrops or at entrances to caves.
Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
peruvianus (Latham, 1790) - Central Peru (southern San Martín south to Junín).
aequatorialis Taczanowski 1889 - Andes of western Venezuela (north-western Barinas, Táchira), central and eastern Andes of Colombia, and eastern slope in Ecuador and Peru (south to Amazonas and northern San Martín).
sanguinolentus Gould, 1859 - Western Andes of Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
saturatus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 - South-eastern Peru and western Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).