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Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRed-legged Honeycreeper
DutchBlauwe Suikervogel
SpanishMielero Patas Rojas
Chinese红脚旋蜜雀
Scientific nameCyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is regularly found in Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad and Tobago, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States, Argentina, and some southern Caribbean islands.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThraupidae
GenusCyanerpes

In Suriname

1,403Records in Suriname
29iNaturalist observations
1873First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo690
  • Sipaliwini416
  • Para216
  • Commewijne39
  • Paramaribo8
  • Wanica2
  • Nickerie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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