Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Ciénaga de Zapata
113 Verified sightings at Ciénaga de Zapata From 2019 to 2026
22,463 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Red-legged Honeycreeper

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.

The red-legged honeycreeper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae with the binomial Certhia cyanea. Linnaeus based his description on "The Black and Blue Creeper" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the English naturalist George Edwards from a specimen collected in Suriname. The purple honeycreeper was named the type species of the genus Cyanerpes when the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser erected the genus in 1899. The specific epithet cyaneus is a Latin word meaning "dark-blue".

The purplish honeycreeper (Chlorophanes purpurascens), a bird from Venezuela known only from the type specimen, is considered to be an intergeneric hybrid between the green honeycreeper... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Ciénaga de Zapata

Yellow-faced Grassquit
LC

Yellow-faced Grassquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tiaris olivaceus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Cuban Bullfinch
NT

Cuban Bullfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melopyrrha nigra

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Cuban Grassquit
LC

Cuban Grassquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phonipara canora

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Bananaquit
LC

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
American Redstart
LC

American Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga ruticilla

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely
Red-legged Thrush
LC

Red-legged Thrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus plumbeus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Palm Warbler
LC

Palm Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Greater Antillean Grackle
LC

Greater Antillean Grackle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Quiscalus niger

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Cuban Pewee
LC

Cuban Pewee

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Contopus caribaeus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Cuban Blackbird

Cuban Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dives atroviolaceus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
LC Endemic

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Agelaius humeralis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Northern Parula
LC

Northern Parula

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga americana

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~70%
2 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
3 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
4 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
5 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
7 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
8 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
10 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
11 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~30%
12 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
14 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
15 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
16 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
17 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
18 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
19 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
20 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
21 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
22 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
23 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
24 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
25 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
26 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
27 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
28 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
29 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
30 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
31 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~10%
32 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
33 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~10%
34 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~10%
35 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
36 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
37 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
38 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
39 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
40 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
41 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
42 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
43 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
44 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
45 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
46 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
47 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
48 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
49 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
50 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
51 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
52 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
53 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
54 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
55 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
56 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
57 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
58 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
59 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
60 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
61 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
62 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-legged Honeycreeper in Ciénaga de Zapata?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-legged Honeycreeper in Ciénaga de Zapata?

May has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Honeycreeper in Ciénaga de Zapata in our monthly data.

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