Shining Honeycreeper (species: Cyanerpes lucidus) in Carara National Park, Costa Rica (Gaia Guide)

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Cyanerpes lucidus

Shining Honeycreeper

©Jan Axel: Male

©MauricioCr

©Leslie Flint

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Order Passeriformes

Family Thraupidae

Genus Cyanerpes

Species Cyanerpes lucidus

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Distinguishing features

The male is purple-blue with black wings, tail and throat, and bright yellow legs. The female has green upperparts, a greenish-blue head, buff throat and buff-streaked bluish underparts. The immature is similar to the female, but is greener on the head and breast. (Wikipedia)