Purple ash bird

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Purple ash bird
Purple ashbird (Cyanerpes caeruleus), male

Purple ashbird ( Cyanerpes caeruleus ), male

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Tangaren (Thraupidae)
Subfamily : Dacninae
Genre : Turquoise birds ( Cyanerpes )
Type : Purple ash bird
Scientific name
Cyanerpes caeruleus
( Linnaeus , 1766)
Females in green colors

The Purple Honeycreeper ( Cyanerpes coeruleus ) is a bird art of the genus of HONEYCREEPER ( Cyanerpes ) from the family of the Tanager (Thraupidae). It is found in tropical America ( Neotropics ) from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil as well as on Trinidad . Some (possibly abandoned) specimens from Tobago have also been reported.

The natural habitat of the purple ash bird is the canopy of the forest, but it can also be found in cocoa and citrus plantations. The female builds a small bowl-shaped nest in a tree and incubates a clutch of two white, brown-speckled eggs there.

The purple ash bird is 11.5 cm long, weighs 12 g and has a long, black, downward-curved beak. The male is purple with black wings, tail and belly, and bright yellow legs. Females and juveniles have a green upper and a green dashed, beige-yellow underside. Their throats are cinnamon-colored and they have a blue streak of beard.

In the Trinidad subspecies C. c. longirostris the beak is longer than that of the continental forms. The call of the purple ash bird is a high srii.

The purple ash bird often forms small groups. It feeds on nectar, berries and insects, mainly in the canopy. He willingly answers the call of the Brazilian pygmy owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum ) (Portuguese: caburé ).

Systematics and distribution

In addition to the nominate form , four subspecies are described:

  • Cyanerpes caeruleus chocoanus ( Hellmayr , 1920) - West Colombia to West Ecuador

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