Stats

Lifespan: 7-10 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Cloud forest
Range: South America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Appendix Ii

About

The national bird of Peru, the male sports a vivid disc-shaped scarlet crest that nearly conceals his bill. Males gather in communal leks deep in Andean cloud forests to compete in elaborate bobbing and wing-spreading displays.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Rupicola
Species: Rupicola peruvianus