Green Honeycreeper
A species of Green Honeycreepers Scientific name : Chlorophanes spiza Genus : Green Honeycreepers
Green Honeycreeper, A species of Green Honeycreepers
Botanical name: Chlorophanes spiza
Genus: Green Honeycreepers
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Description General Info
Description
The green honeycreeper is 13–14 cm (5-5.5 in) 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.
Size
13 cm
Colors
Black
Green
Yellow
Blue
Cyan
Feeding Habits
Green Honeycreeper has a varied omnivorous diet, including fruits, nectar, arthropods, and berries. It forages among Lasiacis grass racemes and Rhipsalis cacti, also consuming bees and insects. Noteworthy is its preference for cacti berries and grass, which reflects its adaptivity.
Habitat
Green Honeycreeper typically inhabits tropical and subtropical regions, thriving in the high canopies of humid forests including both primary and secondary growth areas. These birds are also commonly seen in forest clearings and edges, where they have better access to their preferred food sources such as flowering and fruiting trees. Green Honeycreeper's presence across various forested terrains indicates their adaptability to various stages of woodland regeneration.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Behavior
This is a forest canopy species. The female green honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs for 13 days. It is less heavily dependent on nectar than the other honeycreepers, fruit being its main food (60%), with nectar (20%) and insects (15%) as less important components of its diet.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tanagers Genus
Green Honeycreepers Species
Green Honeycreeper