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Purple Honeycreeper, Santa Marta, Colombia At a feeder. Colombia,Colombia 2024,Cyanerpes caeruleus,Fall,Geotagged,Purple honeycreeper,Santa Marta,Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Wild, colorful looking bird. It looks royal blue to me not purple and the yellow feet belowng on a Paris fashion display cat-walk. OOOH La La Posted 8 months ago
    1. Lol. It sure is a vivid bird and still often ignored by birders because it's relatively common in some areas. Posted 8 months ago
  2. Brilliant shot of a beautiful bird Ferdy! Happy New Year! Posted 7 months ago
    1. Many thanks, Happy New Year to you and your family too! Posted 7 months 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 Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 13, 2024. Captured Oct 3, 2024 10:37 in 3WVC+XH Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/400s
  • ISO1250
  • 500mm