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title: "Andean Cock-of-the-rock"
description: "Rupicola peruvianus — Birds. The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/andean-cock-of-the-rock
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Andean Cock-of-the-rock

> Rupicola peruvianus — Birds. The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America.

- Scientific name: *Rupicola peruvianus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 3156
- Wikidata: [Q490393](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490393)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8877](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8877)

## Names

- en: Andean Cock-of-the-rock
- de: Andenfelsenhahn
- es: Gallito de roca andino
- fr: Coq-de-roche péruvien
- it: Rupicola peruviana
- nl: Rode rotshaan
- pt: Rupicola peruviana
- pl: Skalikurek andyjski

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1190), CO (870), PE (638), BO (86), VE (4)

## Summary

The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. It is the national bird of Peru. It has four subspecies and its closest relative is the Guianan cock-of-the-rock.
The Andean cock-of-the-rock exhibits marked sexual dimorphism; the male has a large disk-like crest and scarlet or brilliant orange plumage, while the female is significantly darker and browner. Gatherings of males compete for breeding females with each male displaying his colourful plumage, bobbing and hopping, and making a variety…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_cock-of-the-rock

## Photo

![Andean Cock-of-the-rock](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/andean-cock-of-the-rock/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63229

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/andean-cock-of-the-rock?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).