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Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Description:

The Green Honeycreeper is 13–14 cm (5-5.5 in) long and weighs 14 to 23 grams, averaging about 19 grams. It has a long decurved bill. The male is mainly blue-tinged green with a black head and a mostly bright yellow bill. The female Green Honeycreeper is grass-green, paler on the throat, and lacks the male's iridescence and black head. Immatures are plumaged similar to females.

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Ismael Chaves
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Ismael Chaves

Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 5, 2014
Submitted on Apr 7, 2014

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