Purple honeycreeper
| Purple honeycreeper | |
|---|---|
| Adult male C. c. longirostris, Trinidad | |
| Adult female C. c. longirostris, Trinidad | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Cyanerpes |
| Species: | C. caeruleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanerpes caeruleus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Certhia caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced, birds have been recorded on Tobago.