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Honeycreeper
The true honeycreepers form a genus ''Cyanerpes'' of small birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in the tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil. They occur in the forest canopy, and, as the name implies, they are specialist nectar feeders with long curved beak, bills. The four ''Cyanerpes'' species have colourful legs, long wings and a short tail. The males are typically glossy purple-blue and the females greenish. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Cyanerpes'' was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the red-legged honeycreeper as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''kuanos'' meaning "dark-blue" and ''herpēs'' meaning "creeper". There are two other tanagers with honeycreeper in their common name: the green honeycreeper in the monospecific genus ''Chlorophanes'' and the golden-collared honeycreeper in the monospecific genus ''Iridophanes''. These two species are sister taxon, sister taxa and bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-legged Honeycreeper
The red-legged honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes cyaneus'') is a small songbird species in the tanager family (biology), family (Thraupidae). It is found in the tropics, tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly Introduced species, introduced. It is also rarely found in southern Texas. Taxonomy The red-legged honeycreeper was Species description, formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the 12th edition of Systema Naturae, twelfth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''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 (naturalist), George Edwards from a specimen collected in Suriname. The red-legged honeycreeper is now placed in the genus ''Cyanerpes'' that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanerpes Cyaneus
The red-legged honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes cyaneus'') is a small songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced. It is also rarely found in southern Texas. Taxonomy The red-legged honeycreeper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''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 red-legged honeycreeper is now placed in the genus ''Cyanerpes'' that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The specific epithet ''cyaneus'' is a Latin word meaning "dark-blue". Eleven subspecies are recognised: * ''C. c. carneipes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Honeycreeper
The green honeycreeper (''Chlorophanes spiza'') is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is the only member of the genus ''Chlorophanes''. Taxonomy The green honeycreeper was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under its current binomial 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. A comprehensive mole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shining Honeycreeper
The shining honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes lucidus'') is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World in Central America from southern Mexico to Panama and northwest Colombia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the purple honeycreeper (''C. caeruleus''), but the two species breed sympatrically in eastern Panama and northwest Colombia. This is a forest canopy species, but also occurs in forest edges and secondary growth. The female builds a shallow cup nest in a tree, and incubates a clutch of two eggs. The shining honeycreeper is 10 cm long, weighs 11 g and has a long black decurved bill. The male is purple-blue with black wings, tail and throat, and bright yellow legs. The female has green upperparts, a greenish-blue head, buff throat and buff-streaked bluish underparts. The immature is similar to the female, but is greener on the head and breast. The call of this honeycreeper is a thin high-pitched ''seee'', and the male's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanerpes Caeruleus
The purple honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes caeruleus'') is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced, birds have been recorded on Tobago. Taxonomy The purple honeycreeper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Certhia carrulea''. Linnaeus based his description on "The Blue Creeper" that had been described and illustrated in 1743 by the English naturalist George Edwards from specimens collected in Suriname. The specimens had been mounted in glass cases and were owned by the Duke of Richmond. The purple honeycreeper is now placed in the genus ''Cyanerpes'' that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The specific epithet ''caeruleus'' is Latin for "dark blue". Five subspecies are recognised: * ''C. c. cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thraupidae
The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family (biology), family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropical birds. Traditionally, the family contained around 240 species of mostly brightly colored fruit-eating birds. As more of these birds were studied using modern molecular techniques, it became apparent that the traditional families were not monophyletic. ''Euphonia'' and ''Chlorophonia'', which were once considered part of the tanager family, are now treated as members of the Fringillidae, in their own subfamily (Euphoniinae). Likewise, the genera ''Piranga'' (which includes the scarlet tanager, summer tanager, and western tanager), ''Chlorothraupis'', and ''Habia (bird), Habia'' appear to be members of the family Cardinalidae, and have been reassigned to that family by the American Ornithological Society. Description T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-collared Honeycreeper
The golden-collared honeycreeper (''Iridophanes pulcherrimus'') is an uncommon species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Iridophanes''. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. Taxonomy The golden-collared honeycreeper was formally described in 1853 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater from a specimen collected near Bogotá in Colombia. He coined the binomial name ''Tangara pulcherrima''. It is now the only species placed in the genus ''Iridophanes'' that was erected by Robert Ridgway in 1901. The genus name ''Iridophanes'' combines the Ancient Greek ''iris'' meaning "rainbow" and ''-phanēs '' meaning "showing". The specific epithet ''pulcherrimus'' is Latin for "very beautiful". A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family published in 2014 found that the golden-collared honeycreeper and the green hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanerpes Nitidus
The short-billed honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes nitidus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. References short-billed honeycreeper Birds of the Amazon rainforest short-billed honeycreeper The short-billed honeycreeper (''Cyanerpes nitidus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland f ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
