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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata, based on 108 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Ciénaga de Zapata
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Cuban Bullfinch
Melopyrrha nigra
Cuban Grassquit
Phonipara canora
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Red-legged Thrush
Turdus plumbeus
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
Greater Antillean Grackle
Quiscalus niger
Cuban Pewee
Contopus caribaeus
Cuban Blackbird
Dives atroviolaceus
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius humeralis
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
📅 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 Ciénaga de Zapata?
About 7% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata, based on 108 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Red-legged Honeycreeper in Ciénaga de Zapata?
May has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Honeycreeper in Ciénaga de Zapata in our monthly data.