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Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
Subject: Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
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Guianan Cock-of-the-rock


Guianan cock-of-the-rock, cock of the rock, Rupicola rupicola in Suriname


Photo of a male cock-of-the-rock by Candy McManiman. This
picture was made at the big dancing place (lek) for
cocks-of-the-rock near the Voltzberg in the Ralleighfalls nature
reserve in Suriname, just as all the other pictures. There is a
short film
(7 sec but still 1 MB,
mpg format), taken from a video about my friend Paul Woei, the
Surinamese artist. It shows a male cock-of-the-rock near the
Voltzberg , a place where males dance on a court in the middle of
the forest. Seeing the orange birds (with the size of a rooster)
in the all-green surroundings is spectacular. Sometimes tens of
males compete, but only a few of them get the chance of
copulating with a (dull brown-green) female. Nesting places are
nearby in an area with huge boulders. The birds make a sound a
little bit like that of a cat and they eat fruits from trees (you
can listen to a raw cry from the

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