Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusCyanerpes (Blue Honeycreepers)
SpeciesCyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged Honeycreeper)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Iguazú National Park

1 Verified sightings at Iguazú National Park From 2019 to 2026

22,463 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ 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 Iguazú National Park

Thraupis sayaca

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Sicalis flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Trichothraupis melanops

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cissopis leverianus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Saltator similis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Tangara seledon

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Conirostrum speciosum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Tersina viridis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Hemithraupis guira

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Coryphospingus cucullatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

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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

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Red-legged Honeycreeper

About the Red-legged Honeycreeper

Recent sightings of Red-legged Honeycreeper in Iguazú National Park

Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park

Sayaca Tanager

Saffron Finch

Blue Dacnis

Black-goggled Tanager

Bananaquit

Magpie Tanager

Green-winged Saltator

Green-headed Tanager

Chestnut-vented Conebill

Swallow Tanager

Guira Tanager

Red-crested Finch

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found