Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
- langka
- 32 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Males turn dazzling violet-blue in breeding season, then molt back to green. The only honeycreeper with red legs.
- Populasi
- 5-50 million mature individuals (declining trend)
- Habitat
- Forest edges, open woodland, swamp forest, dry savanna, degraded/second growth, and rural gardens/plantations (e.g. cocoa, citrus); occurs from sea level to about 1,200 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Breeding male Red-legged Honeycreepers are violet-blue with a turquoise crown and bright red-orange legs, but they molt into a duller, mostly green "eclipse" plumage after the breeding season, resembling the females.
- Sebaran
- Southern Mexico through Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) and into South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and central/northern Brazil); also Trinidad and Tobago, with occasional records in Cuba, Jamaica, and southern Texas
- Makanan
- Omnivorous: nectar from flowering trees, fruit, seeds, and insects; a specialized brush/tubular tongue aids nectar feeding
- Ukuran
- 0,122 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,4 tahun
