Red-legged Honeycreeper

Adult males have brilliant glossy blue plumage with a black mask, throat, back, and wings, complemented by striking bright red legs. Females and juveniles are predominantly green with paler, streaked underparts and duller legs.

Brilliant blue body, black mask and wings, bright red or reddish-orange legs, and a moderately short, decurved black bill.

Length: 12 cm (4.7 in), Weight: 10 to 14 g (0.35 to 0.49 oz)

High-pitched, thin, squeaky notes and short, buzzy trills.

Nectar, small fruits, berries, and insects, often foraging actively by probing flowers with its specialized bill and gleaning foliage.

Canopy and edges of humid lowland tropical forests, second growth, plantations, and well-treed gardens.

Resident, though some local nomadic movements occur following food availability.

Builds a small, cup-shaped nest placed low in a tree or shrub. The female typically lays 2 brown-spotted white eggs and incubates them alone.

Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus), which features yellow legs and purple-blue plumage with a longer decurved bill; Shining Honeycreeper, which has dark legs and different facial markings.

Acts as an important pollinator and seed disperser for various tropical flowering plants and trees within its forest ecosystem.

Least Concern, with a stable population trend.

Look for them in the canopy of flowering trees or around fruiting shrubs, often joining mixed-species feeding flocks. Fruiting feeders in rainforest lodges are also prime spots.

Despite their name, honeycreepers are actually true tanagers (family Thraupidae) rather than members of the Hawaiian honeycreeper radiation.