Let’s tell you about the amazing national bird of Peru! This fabulous bird lives in the longest mountain range of South America which is identified as Andes. The Andes Mountain Range of South America is the globe highest mountain range outdoors Asia. The bird is nicely known for its huge round crest and fantastic orange plumage. This bird is recognized as Andean Cock-of-the-rock which is scientifically named as Rupicola peruvianus.
Andean Cocks of the rock have black wings with a row of pale grey feathers inside. The Andean Cock-of-the-rock can acquire the approximate length of 32 cm (12½ in) and weight of 235 grams (eight.7 oz). The female Andean Cock of the Rock is comparatively darker in its color than the male with a shorter crest. The bill is yellowish in the male, and dark with a modest yellow tip in the female. The diet of Andean Cock of the rock primarily consists mostly of fruit and insects, though modest vertebrates such as frogs or lizards have also been recorded. The most exquisite function of the Andean Cocks of the Rock is their show of fluttering dance throughout courtship. They build their nests with mud and stick mostly on the rocks and the female lays only two eggs during the year. The female Andean Cock of the rock incubates the egg for 28 days.
Andean Cock of the rock, the national bird of Peru is primarily threatened with the predators like wild beasts and prey birds. Andean Cock of the rock is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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