Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Tanagers and Allies :: Red-legged Honeycreeper

Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Blue Honeycreeper
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Old Gamboa Road, Panama - Jan 22, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Old Gamboa Road, Panama - Jan 22, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Old Gamboa Road, Panama - Jan 22, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Corcovado National Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 2004 © R. Hays Cummins  Corcovado National Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 2004 © R. Hays Cummins 
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Range

(1) Gulf lowlands of e. and s. Mexico (e. San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan Peninsula, and Oaxaca) and Belize (Blue Hole National Park) s. to Panama including Coiba Is. and Pearl Is.
(2) N. Colombia.
(3) N. Colombia and n. Venezuela including Margarita Is.
(4) Tobago.
(5) Se. Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Brazil.
(6) C. Brazil.
(7) S. Venezuela, s. Colombia, w. Amazonian Brazil, e. Ecuador, and ne. Peru.
(8) E. Brazil (c. and e. Bahia (Encruzilhada)).
(9) W. Amazonian Brazil, n. and e. Bolivia.
(10) W. Colombia and w. Ecuador.
(11) W. Colombia (Gorgona Is.).
Probably introduced to the West Indies (Cuba).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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