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Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) PNYC - El Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 29, 2020 Cyanerpes caeruleus,Geotagged,Peru,Purple honeycreeper,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)

PNYC - El Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 29, 2020

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    Gorgeous! Posted 4 years ago
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      Thanks!
      They're usually high up in the canopy, so I was surprised to spot this one just a few meters above ground, moving with an understorey mixed flock.       Posted 4 years ago
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        He came down to see you! :-) Posted 4 years ago

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The Purple Honeycreeper

The purple honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. 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.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Sep 15, 2020. Captured Aug 29, 2020 09:45 in Palcazu, 19320, Peru.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/8.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO6400
  • 476mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.