Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes Cyaneus) Stock Image

Male Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) The Red-legged Honeycreeper is distributed from Mexico through Central America and into lowland Colombia and the Amazon and Orinoco Basins. There is a disjunct population in eastern Brazil. The male is bright blue with black mantle, wings, tail and lores and a bright turquoise crown. The legs are bright red while the bill is long and slender. The female is dull green above and pale yellow with greenish streaks below. Both sexes have bright yellow underwing coverts.