Red-legged honeycreeper / Türkisnaschvogel (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
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Red-legged honeycreeper. 2020-02-21 07:42:10 Panama
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Observations
Only documented observation: 2020-02-21Description
Classification: Genus Cyanerpes (Cyanerpes); Subfamily Emberizinae (Emberizinae); Family Fringillidae (Fringillidae)We saw this on the grounds of Gamboa Rainforest Resort, a hotel at the old U.S. administrative center for the Panama Canal. You can spend hours watching birds and wildlife just around the hotel.
General:
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.[2]
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