Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusCyanerpes (Blue Honeycreepers)
- SpeciesCyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged Honeycreeper)
The red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is regularly found in Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad and Tobago, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States, Argentina, and some southern Caribbean islands. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 56 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park
Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-legged Honeycreeper in Tortuguero National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 56 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Red-legged Honeycreeper in Tortuguero National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Honeycreeper in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.