Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus - Guit-guit saï

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Cyanerpes
Species
:
cyaneus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus (Trinidad, e Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil)
Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes (e Mexico to Panama)
Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus (w Colombia and w Ecuador)
Cyanerpes cyaneus gigas (Gorgona I.. off w Colombia.)
Cyanerpes cyaneus gemmeus (extreme n Colombia)
Cyanerpes cyaneus eximius (n and nc Colombia to n Venezuela)
Cyanerpes cyaneus tobagensis (Tobago)
Cyanerpes cyaneus dispar (se Colombia and sw Venezuela to ne Peru)
Cyanerpes cyaneus violaceus (se Peru and w Brazil to c Bolivia)
Cyanerpes cyaneus brevipes (c Brazil)
Cyanerpes cyaneus holti (e Brazil)

Foreign names

Guit-guit saï,
Mielerito patirrojo,
saíra-beija-flor,
Türkisnaschvogel,
kék cize,
Blauwe Suikervogel,
Mielero zamperosse,
rödbent nektarkrypare,
Rødbeinhonningkryper,
medosavka tyrkysová,
květomil modrý,
Rødbenet Honningsuger,
isomesitangara,
tàngara melera cama-roja,
błękitniczek czerwononogi,
Бирюзовая танагра-медосос,
ルリミツドリ,
红脚旋蜜雀,
紅腳旋蜜雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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