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Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) PNYC - Huampal, Pasco, Peru. Jul 15, 2020 Cyanerpes caeruleus,Geotagged,Peru,Purple honeycreeper,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)

PNYC - Huampal, Pasco, Peru. Jul 15, 2020

    comments (4)

  1. Why do they call it the ..... never mind. Serious colors! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Heheheh. In fairness, I'd call this blue rather than purple, but oh well.. Posted 4 years ago
  2. He's definitely a looker! I LOVE blue in nature. Posted 4 years ago
  3. They're great!! Posted 4 years ago

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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.

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

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Uploaded Nov 23, 2020. Captured Jul 15, 2020 07:23 in 5NA, Peru.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/8.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO5000
  • 560mm