Red-legged Honeycreeper
A species of Typical Honeycreepers Scientific name : Cyanerpes cyaneus Genus : Typical Honeycreepers
Red-legged Honeycreeper, A species of Typical Honeycreepers
Botanical name: Cyanerpes cyaneus
Genus: Typical Honeycreepers
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Description General Info
Description
The red-legged honeycreeper is on average 12.2 cm (4.8 in) long, weighs 14 g (0.49 oz) and has a medium-long black, slightly decurved, bill. The male is violet-blue with black wings, tail and back, and bright red legs. The crown of its head is turquoise, and the underwing, visible only in flight, is lemon yellow. After the breeding season, the male moults into an eclipse plumage, mainly greenish with black wings. Females and immatures are mainly green, with paler, faintly streaked underparts. The legs are red-brown in the female, and brown in young birds. The call of red-legged honeycreeper is a thin, high-pitched tsip. Several subspecies are known. Differences are generally slight, with the Tobago race C. c. tobagensis being slightly larger than the mainland forms for example. The purplish honeycreeper (Chlorophanes purpurascens), a bird from Venezuela known only from the type specimen, is considered to be an intergeneric hybrid between the green honeycreeper and either the red-legged honeycreeper or the blue dacnis. 
Size
13 cm
Colors
Black
Green
Yellow
Blue
Purple
Cyan
Life Expectancy
17 years
Feeding Habits
Red-legged Honeycreeper primarily feeds on insects, supplemented by fruit and nectar. It exhibits adept foraging techniques and is known for its unique preference for feeding on floral nectar when available.
Habitat
The red-legged Honeycreeper is primarily found in diverse environments ranging from dry to humid areas, favoring the presence of flowering trees. Their typical habitats include forest edges, open woodlands, and various types of plantations such as cocoa and citrus. Red-legged Honeycreepers are also frequent in secondary growth forests, clearings with tall trees, gallery and riparian woodlands, and occasionally within the canopy of taller forests. They show a preference for drier or more seasonal regions over wet lowlands, with an altitudinal range reaching up to 2000 meters in some areas. Habitats are usually less moist compared to those of their congeners, and these birds are notably scarce in some humid lowland forests.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
This is a species of forest edge, open woodland, and cocoa and citrus plantations. The red-legged honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on insects and some fruit and nectar. It responds readily to the (easily imitated) call of the ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum).
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tanagers Genus
Typical Honeycreepers Species
Red-legged Honeycreeper 
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