Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusChlorophanes
SpeciesChlorophanes spiza (Green Honeycreeper)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Utría National Natural Park

2 Verified sightings at Utría National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026

33,890 Verified sightings across all 53 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Green Honeycreeper

The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. The green honeycreeper was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the name Motacilla spiza. He specified the type locality as Suriname. The specific epithet is the Ancient Greek word for a common finch. Linnaeus based his description on the "green black-cap fly-catcher" that the English naturalist George Edwards had described and illustrated in his 1743 book A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. In 1853 the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach erected the genus Chlorophanes to accommodate the green honeycreeper. The name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning green with -phanēs meaning showing.

For a time in the twentieth century the green honeycreeper and the golden-collared honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus) were treated as conspecific. The genus Chlorphanes was placed in the family Coerebidae that was later merged into Thraupidae. A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

Ramphocelus flammigerus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Heterospingus xanthopygius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Dacnis venusta

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tachyphonus delatrii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sporophila corvina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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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	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~70%
2	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
3	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
4	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
5	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~50%
6	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
7	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
8	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
9	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
10	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
11	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
12	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
13	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
14	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
15	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
16	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
17	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
18	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
19	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
20	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
21	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
22	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
23	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
24	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
25	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
26	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
27	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
28	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
29	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
30	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
31	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
32	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
33	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
34	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
35	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
36	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
37	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
39	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
40	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
41	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
42	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
43	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
44	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
46	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
48	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
49	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
50	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
51	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
52	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
53	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Green Honeycreeper

About the Green Honeycreeper

Recent sightings of Green Honeycreeper in Utría National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

Flame-rumped Tanager

Bananaquit

Scarlet-browed Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Purple Honeycreeper

Blue-gray Tanager

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Blue Dacnis

Crimson-backed Tanager

Palm Tanager

Tawny-crested Tanager

Variable Seedeater

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found