Portait of and Andean Cock-of-the-rock at the lek site that we visited. We spotted a single individual outside the lek area, but it is here that the cocks gather. At this site there were eventually six-seven cocks, but some sites may attract up to a dozen and almost as many hens. The lek takes place at a height of 2 to 6 meters, in high cloud forest with lots of branches entangled in lianas, and continues all the year round, although with varying intensity. The cocks bow, strut, and jump about, bills snapping and wings flapping. The grunting call rises when a hen appears.