Honeycreeper
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For other uses, see Honeycreeper (disambiguation).
The typical honeycreepers form a genus Cyanerpes of small birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in the tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil. They occur in the forest canopy, and, as the name implies, they are specialist nectar feeders with long curved bills.
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Honeycreeper | |
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male red-legged honeycreeper. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Cyanerpes Oberholser, 1899 |
Type species | |
Certhia cyanea Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
Four, all classed as Least Concern |
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The four Cyanerpes species have colourful legs, long wings and a short tail. The males are typically glossy purple-blue and the females greenish.