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