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 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 117 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
📅 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 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Red-legged Honeycreeper sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 117 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Red-legged Honeycreeper in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
June has the highest sighting rate for Red-legged Honeycreeper in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.