Purple Honeycreeper
Bold and inquisitive...common and
widespread...bill is adapted to feed
on nectar, esp. from bromeliads.
widespread...bill is adapted to feed
on nectar, esp. from bromeliads.
Cyanerpes caeruleus
(L 4.5" Wt 0.42 oz)
Asa Wright Nature Centre
15,16,21Feb20189
Cyano means dark blue;
caeruleus means sky blue.
caeruleus means sky blue.
People will be able to survive, of
course, without honeycreepers
and monk seals. But if the wolf
spider is in trouble, we are in
trouble, too.
course, without honeycreepers
and monk seals. But if the wolf
spider is in trouble, we are in
trouble, too.
(Susanna Moore)
female
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Spencer
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Macaulay
Library
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