Cock of the rock

There is five different spieces of those birds which all is on the CITES list.
And when the feathers are called for in only a few dressings, make your own substitutes.
Those feathers are quite easy to substitute, use hen hackles and blend
hot orange and yellow in the nuance you like to have.
There are five different spieces of those birds.
All of the from the South American rainforrests.
  • "Rupicola Rupicola"
  • "Rupicola Peruviana"
  • "Rupicola Peruviana Sanguinolenta"
  • "Rupicola Satura"
  • "Rupicola Aequaorialia"
    They are all very similar in color except Rupicola Rupicola, which have a brighter golden color.
    And also the R.P.Sanguinolento is different in structure,
    and not that soft as the other, it have also a more scarlet color.
    Rupicola Peruviana
    Above! "Rupicola Peruviana"


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