Green honeycreeper

Green honeycreeper
Adult male C. s. spiza, Trinidad
Female C. s. argutus, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Chlorophanes
Reichenbach, 1853
Species:
C. spiza
Binomial name
Chlorophanes spiza
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Motacilla spiza Linnaeus, 1758
  • Certhia spiza Linnaeus, 1766

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 is the only member of the genus Chlorophanes.

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