Red-legged Honeycreeper
In the tanager family Thraupidae
...very common from Mexico south
to Brazil...male is brilliant blue.
...very common from Mexico south
to Brazil...male is brilliant blue.
Cyanerpes cyaneus
(L 4.8" Wt 0.49 oz)
Near Juan Hombron
13Oct2016
females
A feather in hand is better
than a bird in the air.
(George Herbert)
than a bird in the air.
(George Herbert)
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Cyanerpes in Greek means dark
blue; cyana in Latin means
dark blue.
blue; cyana in Latin means
dark blue.
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