Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)

14 gWeight

The red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

Busiest months: March · Most records: Costa Rica, Belize, Panama

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March · Most records: Costa Rica, Belize, Panama

Red-legged Honeycreeper has been recorded at 464 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 23 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Arenal Observatory LodgeCosta Rica9,059 records
Black Rock LodgeBelize4,813 records
Sendero BogarínCosta Rica2,532 records

More places

PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]Costa Rica2,057 records
Estación Biológica La Selva-OTSCosta Rica1,713 records
Selva Verde LodgeCosta Rica1,710 records
Chan Chich LodgeBelize1,624 records
Donde Cope- La Unión de GuápilesCosta Rica1,617 records
Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona - Mirador San FernandoCosta Rica1,530 records
Villa LapasCosta Rica1,475 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Costa Rica Belize Panama Guatemala Mexico Trinidad & Tobago Honduras Brazil

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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Questions

How big is the Red-legged Honeycreeper?

The Red-legged Honeycreeper weighs around 14 g.

Where does the Red-legged Honeycreeper live?

Its breeding range: Middle America, South America: eastern Mexico to central Bolivia and eastern Brazil. It is most often recorded in Costa Rica, Belize and Panama.