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Andean Cock-of-the-Rock

Andean Cock-of-the-Rock

This male (Rupicola peruviana sanguiolenta) was photographed wild in the Mindo cloud forest of Ecuador at 1200 meters elevation. Up to a dozen males may gather in "leks." If a female arrives, the males perform a dance to impress her.

Mindo is situated in the Chocó Endemic Bird Area (EBA) and the Chocó Biogeographic Region, one of the world's richest biogeographical areas. This region supports the highest number of restricted-range birds of any EBA in the Americas at over 50 species.

Rainforest treefrog guarding eggs View from below Cloud Forest stream Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Otonga Cloud Forest Reserve Farmers converting to conservation Toucan of the Andes Toucan Barbet, Otonga Cloud Forest Reserve The White-whiskered puffbird Ancient ceramic art depicting wildlife Global loss of amphibians The Imbabura tree frog Tricolor poison dart frog photo-illustration Cloud Forest lizard Juvenile green iguanas Coastal Ecuadorian forest loss One man's riches Exporting rainforest destruction Lowland Paca For Sale: Endangered Species Andean Fox Mountain lion with cub Passionflower butterfly Ecotourism near Mindo, Ecuador Tropical butterfly and moth pupa Legless Amphibian of the Cloud Forest Cloud forest geometry Cloud Forest flora Cloud Forest Orchid Paramo botany Andean Paramo landscape Breakfast in the Cloud Forest Farmer converted to conservation Andean condor art