Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Cyanerpes
- eBird Code
- purhon1
Subspecies (5)
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Cyanerpes caeruleus caeruleus
far eastern Panama to Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Brazil (southward to Rio Tapajós and northwestern Maranhão)
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Cyanerpes caeruleus chocoanus
tropical western Colombia and western Ecuador
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Cyanerpes caeruleus hellmayri
highlands of Guyana
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Cyanerpes caeruleus longirostris
Trinidad
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Cyanerpes caeruleus microrhynchus
eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and western Amazonian Brazil (eastward to mouth of the Amazon River and west-central Mato Grosso)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.