Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
Brazilian name: Saí azul de pernas vermelhas
Male Red-legged Honeycreeper, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2005 - click for larger image Caxiuanã, Pará Brazil

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.

Male and female Red-legged Honeycreeper, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2005 - click for larger image 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.
Male and female Red-legged Honeycreeper, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2005 - click for larger image They are found mainly in the canopy and mid-storey where they forage for insects, small berries and sometimes nectar. They can be tempted onto bird tables with fruit.
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