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Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

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Description:

According to Wikipedia : "The Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It the only member of the genus Chlorophanes. The Purplish Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes purpurascens), a bird from Venezuela known only from the type specimen, is now thought to be an intergeneric hybrid between the Green Honeycreeper and either the Red-legged Honeycreeper or the Blue Dacnis."

Nevertheless, it is well documented for Ecuador it is registered in the book "Birds of Ecuador" of Robert Ridgeley.

Habitat:

Low montane forest of the coast in Ecuador

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I just uploaded a picture of the female of this amazing honeycreeper.

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