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Genus: Cyanerpes (4 species)


Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) Male Range: MA, SA: nw, n, also Panama Butterfly World, Florida,
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) Female Range: MA, SA: nw, n, also Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Note yellow legs. Similar to Shining Honeycreeper; the two species have a little bit of range overlap.
Alt photo.


Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) Male Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to c Bolivia and e Brazil
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Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes) Female Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to c Bolivia and e Brazil Soberania National Park, Panama
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Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus) Immature Male Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to c Bolivia and e Brazil Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
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Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) Male Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to Colombia La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus) Female Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to Colombia 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.


Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus) Male Range: SA: w Amazonia Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A tough canopy species. Note male's black throat.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba