Avibase: Cyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged Honeycreeper)

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2022-12-07	Porto Franco, Maranhão Ecopousada Brasil, Porto Franco (Brazil) (280 m)	call - [sono]	769678 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-01-20	Fazenda São Miguel, Itajá, Goiás, Itajá (Brazil) (550 m)	call - [also] [sono]	863868 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	FREDERIC Lionel	2025-04-14	Soroa, Candelaria, Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Río (Former) (Cuba) (70 m)	call - [also] [sono]	995962 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Jayrson Oliveira	2022-01-08	, Barra de São Miguel (Brazil)	-	659669210 macaulaylibrary.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus	Patricio Mena Valenzuela	1997-11-00	Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, Río Santiago, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (60 m)	calls, male - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	275599 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2021-09-10	Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goiás, Chácara Jayrson, Santa Rita do Novo destino (Brazil) (500 m)	adult, call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	674539 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2022-01-08	Maceió, Maceió, State of Alagoas, Maceió (Brazil) (60 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	697146 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2025-06-12	RPPN Flor das Águas - Pirenópolis, Goiás, Pirenópolis (Brazil) (900 m)	call - [sono]	1006627 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Noé Eiterer	2013-02-01	Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Espírito Santo (Brazil) (60 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	127106 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Jay McGowan	2019-04-01	Camino Cerro Armadillo Grande (17.813, -96.29 and N), Oaxaca, Mexico, Tuxtepec (Mexico)	- Mew calls with one high-pitched call note from an unseen individual.	151009541 macaulaylibrary.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus	Olaf Jahn	1997-02-18	Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, Río Santiago, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (60 m)	dawn song, male - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	262508 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2025-08-07	Reserva Fazenda Capivara - Santo Antônio de Goiás, Santo Antônio de Goiás (Brazil) (800 m)	call - [also] [sono]	1027575 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	FREDERIC Lionel	2025-04-14	Soroa, Candelaria, Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Río (Former) (Cuba) (70 m)	call - [sono]	994860 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-01-18	Fazenda São Miguel, Itajá, Goiás, Itajá (Brazil) (550 m)	call - [also] [sono]	863728 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2025-08-22	Santa Fé do Araguaia, Tocantins, Santa Fé do Araguaia (Brazil) (200 m)	call - [also] [sono]	1035730 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Jayrson Oliveira	2022-01-08	, Barra de São Miguel (Brazil)	-	659669209 macaulaylibrary.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2023-05-07	Caturaí-Goiás Rio dos peixes, Goianira (Brazil) (700 m)	alarm call - [also] [sono]	800171 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes	Nils Navarro	2021-03-16	Manglar, El Rosario, Puerto Esperanza, Viñales, Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río (Former) (Cuba) (10 m)	adult, call, male, song - single male perching on the top of a dry tree bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	632246 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2020-08-30	Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goiânia-Goiás, Goiânia (Brazil) (750 m)	adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	599507 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Julio Hernandez	2019-05-27	Chaa Creek, Cayo, Belize, Cayo (Belize)	-	161201891 macaulaylibrary.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2025-08-22	Santa Fé do Araguaia, Tocantins, Santa Fé do Araguaia (Brazil) (200 m)	call - [sono]	1035729 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus	Olaf Jahn	1999-12-16	Esmeraldas: La Pampa near Cayapas-Mataje Ecological Reserve, Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (5 m)	calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Looped once playback-used:no	262510 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus dispar	Daniel F. Lane	2001-06-00	Loreto: 3 km SE of Jeberos, Loreto (Peru) (165 m)	calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD 5 birds playback-used:no	257133 xeno-canto.org
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus	Jacob R. Saucier	2016-05-10	Cayo; Moonracer Farm, Cayo (Belize) (285 m)	call, song - High on exposed perch. Field Number: BZ2016 JRS 033 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	318969 xeno-canto.org

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