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Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Description:

This member of the Tanager famli is about 13–14 cm 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. The call is a sharp chip.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 11, 2014
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014

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