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cock-of-the-rock  The Guyanan cock-of-the-rock lives in forested ravines in northern South America. The brightly coloured males clear an area of ground and use it as a communal display ground, spreading wings, tail, and crest to attract mates. | South American bird of the genus Rupicola. It belongs to the family Cotingidae, which also includes the cotingas and umbrella birds. There are two species: R. peruviana, the Andean cock-of-the-rock, and R. rupicola, the Guyanan cock-of-the-rock. The male has brilliant orange plumage including the head crest, the female is a duller brown. Males display at a communal breeding area. |
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No references found | PLANTS Chamaerops humilis (dwarf fan palm) Phormium 'Yellow Wave' Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' Penstemon rupicola Carex flagellifera Selected sedums - sprinkled around the boulders and the edge of the bricks Polystichum polyblepharumn. Adiantum sericeum grows inland in moderately humid places, typically with pteridophytes such as Adiantopsis rupicola Maxon, Adiantum fragile Sw. Cambridge Tetragnatha shosone Levi Northern X Tetragnatha straminea Emerton Eastern X X Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton Eastern X X Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer Throughout X X Theridiidae Achaearanea globosa (Hentz) Eastern X Hentziectypus globosus) Achaearanea porteri (Banks) Eastern X X Achaearanea rupicola (Emerton) Northeastern X X (Theridion rupicola) Achaearanea tepidariorum (C. |
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