Red-legged honeycreeper
The red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced. It is also rarely found in southern Texas.
| Red-legged honeycreeper | |
|---|---|
| Adult male, Panama | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Cyanerpes |
| Species: | C. cyaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Certhia cyanea Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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