Rock Thrush

Can you aid me with respect to birds which have strongly marked secondary sexual characters, such as birds of paradise, humming-birds, the rupicola or rock-thrush, or any other such cases? ❋ James Marchant (N/A)

These struggles are generally decided by the law of battle, but in the case of birds, apparently, by the charms of their song, by their beauty or their power of courtship, as in the dancing rock-thrush of Guiana. ❋ Various (N/A)

The first is the blue-headed rock-thrush (_Petrophila cinclorhyncha_). ❋ Douglas Dewar (1916)

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display with the most elaborate care, and show off in the best manner, their gorgeous plumage; they likewise perform strange antics before the females, which, standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner. ❋ Various (1909)

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner. ❋ Unknown (1859)

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner. ❋ Charles Darwin (1859)

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which, standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

These struggles are generally decided by the law of battle; but in the case of birds, apparently, by the charms of their song {235}, by their beauty or their power of courtship, as in the dancing rock-thrush of Guiana. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

Typical miombo species include miombo grey tit (Parus griseiventris), miombo rock-thrush (Monticola angolensis), red-capped crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla), and Böhm’s flycatcher (Muscicapa boehmi). ❋ Unknown (2008)