Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus - Guit-guit céruléen

Guit-guit céruléen
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Thraupidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cyanerpes

  • Species
    :

    caeruleus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 10 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guit-guit céruléen
♂ adult
Guit-guit céruléen
♀ adult

Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Cyanerpes caeruleus caeruleus (c Colombia and Venezuela through the Guianas and nc Brazil)
  • Cyanerpes caeruleus chocoanus (e Panama to w Ecuador)
  • Cyanerpes caeruleus hellmayri (Potaro Highlands. Guyana.)
  • Cyanerpes caeruleus longirostris (Trinidad)
  • Cyanerpes caeruleus microrhynchus (w and c Amazonia)

Foreign names

  • Guit-guit céruléen,
  • Mielerito cerúleo,
  • saí-de-pernas-amarelas,
  • Kobaltnaschvogel,
  • indigócukormadár,
  • Purpersuikervogel,
  • Mielero viola,
  • purpurnektarkrypare,
  • Purpurhonningkryper,
  • medosavka nachová,
  • květomil purpurový,
  • Purpurhonningsuger,
  • mesitangara,
  • tàngara melera porpra,
  • błękitniczek purpurowy,
  • Пурпурная танагра-медосос,
  • ムラサキミツドリ,
  • 紫旋蜜雀,
  • purpurnektarkrypare,
  • 紫藍旋蜜雀,

Voice song and cries

Guit-guit céruléen
♂

Habitat

Guit-guit céruléen
♀ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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