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Rupicola  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 558192

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): cocks-of-the-rock [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyCotingidae  – Contingas  
                               GenusRupicola Brisson, 1760 – cocks-of-the-rock  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesRupicola peruvianus (Latham, 1790) – Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Gallito de las rocas peruano, galo-das-rochas-andino, Coq-de-roche péruvien 
                                  SpeciesRupicola rupicola (Linnaeus, 1766) – Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Gallito de las rocas guayanés, galo-das-rochas-guianense, Coq-de-roche orange 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Rupicola    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Rupicola   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.05.28, website (version 28-May-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Rupicola   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): David, Normand, and Michel Gosselin   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: The grammatical gender of avian genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 122, no. 4   
  Page(s): 257-282   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-1595   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rupicola   
       

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