Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus

The Red-legged Honeycreeper is in the Tanager family and it is found from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. They are sexually dimorphic with the female being an olive green and the male shades of blue and black.

Adult

Female 05/24/2012 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Female 05/24/2012 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Female 05/24/2012 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Female 05/24/2012 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Female 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Female 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Male 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Female - note the thin tongue 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA Female - note the thin tongue 01/17/2013 - Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA	Female 07/23/2013 - Denver Zoo, Denver, CO Female 07/23/2013 - Denver Zoo, Denver, CO
Male 07/23/2013 - Denver Zoo, Denver, CO Male 07/23/2013 - Denver Zoo, Denver, CO

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