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Green Honeycreeper -male-


Green Honeycreeper -male-
Photo Information
Copyright: Luis Vargas (Chiza) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 34 W: 0 N: 197] (964)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-19
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/20 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-26 11:13
Viewed: 357
Points: 4
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Green Honeycreeper

From Wikipedia

Conservation status
Status iucn3.1 LC.svg
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Chlorophanes
Species: C. spiza

Binomial name
Chlorophanes spiza
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The female Green Honeycreeper is paler, and lacks the male's iridescence and black head.

The Green Honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza, is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Chlorophanes (Reichenbach, 1853).

This is a forest canopy species. The female Green Honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs for 13 days.

The Green Honeycreeper is 14 cm long, weighs 17 g, and has a long decurved bill. The male is mainly blue-tinged green with a black head and a mostly bright yellow bill. Females and immatures are plumaged grass green, paler on the throat, and lack the black head. The call is a sharp chip.

The Green Honeycreeper is less heavily dependent on nectar than the other honeycreepers, fruit being its main food (60%), with nectar (20%) and insects (15%) as less important components of its diet.
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Hola Luis,
Que agradables sorpresas deparan los pájaros de tu maravillosa tierra. La combinación de colores de éste Chlorophanes spiza es impresionante, como siempre muy bien captado por el artista. Saludos mediterráneos.

Hello Luis,
Excellent photo taken from a very nice POV. The clear colours are very beautiful. Good sharpness and details.
Regards,
Peter

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