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Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The red-legged honeycreeper is a small songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced. It is also rarely found in southern Texas. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Cyanerpes
Scientific:
  Cyanerpes cyaneus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Certhia cyanea

Type locality:
  Surinam.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/192/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5A126D2762C9CEA2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5A126D27

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5A126D27

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559608

Geographic range:

  • Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus: tropical southeastern Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and northeastern Brazil (southward to Rio Negro and mouth of the Amazon River)
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes: eastern and southern Mexico from Guerrero and southern Tamaulipas southward through Panama (including Coiba Island and the Pearl Islands) to northwestern Colombia (upper Sinú Valley, Córdoba); also Cuba
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus gemmeus: northern Colombia (Serranía de Macuire on Guajira Peninsula)
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus: Pacific coast of western Colombia and western Ecuador
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus gigas: Gorgona Islands (off Pacific coast of Colombia)
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus eximius: tropical northern Colombia to northern Venezuela including Isla Margarita
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus dispar: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, western Brazil (eastward to Rio Negro and Rio Juruá), and northeastern Peru
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus tobagensis: Tobago
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus brevipes: central Amazonian Brazil from at least Manacapuru eastward to middle Rio Tocantins
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus holti: eastern Brazil
  • Cyanerpes cyaneus violaceus: central Bolivia and western Brazil
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Catalan:
tàngara melera cama-roja
Czech:
květomil modrý
Danish:
Rødbenet Honningsuger
German:
Türkisnaschvogel
Spanish:
Mielerito Patirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Mielerito Patirrojo
Finnish:
isomesitangara
French:
Guit-guit saï
Croatian:
crvenonoga tangara
Hungarian:
kék cize
Icelandic:
Hunangssuga
Italian:
Mielero zamperosse
Japanese (romaji):
rurimitsudori
Japanese:
ルリミツドリ
Lithuanian:
raudonkojė tanagra medsiurbė
Dutch:
Blauwe Suikervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudbeinhonningkrypar
Norwegian:
Rødbeinhonningkryper
Polish:
błękitniczek czerwononogi
Portuguese:
saíra-beija-flor
Portuguese (Brazil):
saíra-beija-flor
Portuguese (Portugal):
dácnis-meleiro-de-patas-vermelhas
Russian:
Красноногий саи
Slovak:
medosavka tyrkysová
Serbian:
Crvenonogi medni puzić
Swedish:
rödbent nektarkrypare
Ukrainian:
Танагра-медоїд бірюзова
Chinese:
红脚旋蜜雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紅腳旋蜜雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Guit-guit saï ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Guit-guit saï ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cyanerpes cyaneus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cyanerpes cyaneus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cyanerpes cyaneus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Red-legged Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes cyaneus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanerpes cyaneus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanerpes cyaneus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Arawak: Yawareshiri
Catalan: tàngara melera cama-roja
Czech: Kvetomil modrý, květomil modrý
Danish: Rødbenet Honningsuger
German: Türkisnaschvogel, Türkis-Naschvogel
English: Blue Honeycreeper, Red legged Honeycreeper, Red-legged Honeycreeper
English, HBW: Red-legged Honeycreeper
English (IOC): Red-legged Honeycreeper
English (United States): Red-legged Honeycreeper
Spanish: Aparecido de San Diego, Mielerito Patirrojo, Mielero Pata Roja, mielero pata-roja, Mielero Patas Rojas, Mielero Patirrojo, Tucuso Monatñés
Spanish (Colombia): Mielero patarroja, Mielero Patirrojo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Mielero patirrojo
Spanish (Cuba): Aparecido de San Diego
Spanish (Ecuador): Mielero Patirrojo
Spanish (Spain): Mielerito Patirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-legged Honeycreeper
Spanish (Honduras): Mielero Patas Rojas
Spanish (Mexico): mielero pata roja, mielero pata-roja, Mielero Patas Rojas, Mielero Patirrojo
Spanish (Nicaragua): Mielero Patirrojo
Spanish (Panama): Mielero Patirrojo
Spanish (Peru): Mielero de Pata Roja
Spanish (Venezuela): Copeicillo de Montaña, Tucuso de Montaña
Estonian: punajalg-türkiissirk, punajalg-türkiistangara
Finnish: Isomesitangara
French: Guit-guit saï, Sucrier à jambes rouges
Guianese Creole French: Ti-blé
Croatian: crvenonoga tangara
Hungarian: kék cize
Icelandic: Hunangssuga
Italian: Cianerpe zamperosse, Mielero zamperosse
Japanese (romaji): rurimitsudori
Japanese: ルリミツドリ
Scientific: Arbelorhina cyanea, Certhia armillata, Certhia cyanea, Cyanerpes cyaneus, Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus
Lithuanian: raudonkojė tanagra medsiurbė
Dutch: Blauwe Suikervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudbeinhonningkrypar
Norwegian: Rødbeinhonningkryper, Rødfotet honningsuger
Wayampi: Wananiwa
Polish: blekitniczek czerwononogi, błękitniczek czerwononogi, Błękitnniczek czerwononogi, Sai bladogłowy
Portuguese: coereba, saí, saí-azul-de-pernas-vermelhas, Sai-beija-flor, Saí-beija-flor, Saíra-beija-flor, saí-verdadeiro, sapitica
Portuguese (Brazil): coereba, saí, saí-azul-de-pernas-vermelhas, saí-beija-flor, saira-beija-flor, Saíra-beija-flor, saí-verdadeiro, sapitica
Portuguese (Portugal): dácnis-meleiro-de-patas-vermelhas, Saíra-beija-flor
Russian: Бирюзовая танагра-медосос, Бирюзовая цветочница, Красноногий саи
Slovak: medosavka tyrkysová
Serbian: Crvenonogi medni puzić
Swedish: rödbent nektarkrypare, Turkosfågel
Turkish: Kırmızı bacaklı balkuşu
Ukrainian: Танагра-медоїд бірюзова
Wayana: Wananiwa
Chinese: 红脚旋蜜雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅腳旋蜜雀

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