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Purple Honeycreeper

28 January 2012 22:25 Filed in: Thraupidae Tanagers Honeycreepers Brazil Para Rio Azul Lodge
Purple Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes caeruleus
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Bird name: Purple Honeycreeper
Latin: Cyanerpes caeruleus
Other: Certiola de patas amarillas, tucuso morado, mielero cerúleo (Es) • Saí-de-perna-amarela (Br)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Honeycreepers
Range: Amazonia - Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Guyanas, Venezuela, Trinidad
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A couple of record shots of male Purple Honeycreepers. The bright yellow legs are diagnostic.

Below, bright yellow legs of Purple Honeycreeper, Amazonia, Brazil
Purple Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes caeruleus
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