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 Soberanía National Park
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Tachyphonus luctuosus
Loriotus luctuosus
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
📅 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 Soberanía National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Shining Honeycreeper sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 362 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Shining Honeycreeper in Soberanía National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Shining Honeycreeper in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.