Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Tikal National Park
286 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026
22,463 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026
February 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 Tikal National Park

Black-throated Shrike-Tanager
LC

Black-throated Shrike-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanio aurantius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Morelet's Seedeater
LC

Morelet's Seedeater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila morelleti

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Black-headed Saltator
LC

Black-headed Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator atriceps

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Gray-headed Tanager
LC

Gray-headed Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eucometis penicillata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Yellow-winged Tanager

Yellow-winged Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis abbas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Green Honeycreeper
LC

Green Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Blue-gray Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Bananaquit
LC Endemic

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia larvata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Buff-throated Saltator
LC

Buff-throated Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator maximus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Blue-black Grassquit
LC

Blue-black Grassquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Volatinia jacarina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
LC

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila funerea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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

# 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 Tikal National Park?

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 286 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-legged Honeycreeper in Tikal National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Honeycreeper in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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