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Red-legged Honeycreeper (male) (eclipse plumage)

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Spotting Image 1

Description:

It is a small songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced.

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Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago
red legged honeycreeper (eclipse plumage)
Cyanerpes cyaneus Red-legged Honeycreeper


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Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

:)

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Youre welcome, glad you spotted the female too!!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Thank uou debbie for the ID and yuko :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Look at those beautiful colors! :O

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

I think it is the same on as mine in its plumage after the mating season; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173...

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Ismael Chaves
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Ismael Chaves

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 4, 2013
Submitted on Feb 4, 2013

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