Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Cyanerpes (2 species, 4 worldwide)


Red-legged Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) Male
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-legged Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-legged Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus) Immature Male
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Shining Honeycreeper
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) Male
La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Shining Honeycreeper
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) Female
La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Note yellow legs. Similar to Purple Honeycreeper with a little bit of range overlap.


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