Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusCyanerpes (Blue Honeycreepers)
- SpeciesCyanerpes lucidus (Shining Honeycreeper)
Closest Relatives at Chagres National Park
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Speckled Tanager
Ixothraupis guttata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Shining Honeycreeper in Chagres National Park?
About 45% of visitor-days record a Shining Honeycreeper sighting in Chagres National Park, based on 529 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Shining Honeycreeper in Chagres National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Shining Honeycreeper in Chagres National Park in our monthly data.