Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
About the Shining Honeycreeper
The shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and Colombia. The shining honeycreeper was formally described in 1859 with the binomial Coereba lucida, as a member of a genus now occupied solely by the bananaquit (C. flaveola). It now shares genus Cyanerpes with three other species. Some early twentieth century authors considered it and the purple honeycreeper (C. caeruleus) to be conspecific but they are sympatric in Panama and Colombia. The shining honeycreeper has two subspecies, the nominate C. l. lucidus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1859) and C. l. isthmicus (Bangs, 1907).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensrecording
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusrecording
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivarecording
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbularecording
- BananaquitCoereba flaveolarecording
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.