Purple honeycreeper

Purple honeycreeper
Adult male C. c. longirostris, Trinidad
Adult female C. c. longirostris, Trinidad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Cyanerpes
Species:
C. caeruleus
Binomial name
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Synonyms

Certhia caerulea Linnaeus, 1758

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cyanerpes caeruleus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723009A94798741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723009A94798741.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.