Cyanerpes

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Cyanerpes is a genus of small, brightly colored Neotropical honeycreepers in the tanager family, known for their vivid blue and green plumage and specialized nectar-feeding habits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cyanerpes canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern diurnal ⓘ
adaptation specialized bill for nectar feeding ⓘ
billType slender decurved bill ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName honeycreepers ⓘ
purple honeycreeper ⓘ
red-legged honeycreeper ⓘ
shining honeycreeper ⓘ
short-billed honeycreeper ⓘ
describedAs Neotropical honeycreepers ⓘ
diet fruit ⓘ
insects ⓘ
nectar ⓘ
distribution Neotropics ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm
eggColor usually whitish with spots ⓘ
family Thraupidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior nectar-feeding ⓘ
geographicQualifier New World tropics ⓘ
habitat forest edges ⓘ
second-growth woodland ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ
hasSpecies Cyanerpes caeruleus ⓘ
Cyanerpes cyaneus ⓘ
Cyanerpes lucidus ⓘ
Cyanerpes nitidus ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean

Central America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
notableFeature brightly colored plumage ⓘ
greenish plumage in females of several species ⓘ
vivid blue plumage in males of several species ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Thraupidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
pollinationRole pollinator of Neotropical plants ⓘ
reproduction builds cup-shaped nests ⓘ
sexualDimorphism males more brightly colored than females ⓘ
socialBehavior often found in small flocks ⓘ
subfamily Dacninae ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
vocalization high-pitched calls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyanerpes cyaneus → genus → Cyanerpes ⓘ
Cyanerpes nitidus → genus → Cyanerpes ⓘ
Cyanerpes caeruleus → genus → Cyanerpes ⓘ
Cyanerpes lucidus → genus → Cyanerpes ⓘ
Dacninae → containsTaxon → Cyanerpes ⓘ
purple honeycreeper → genus → Cyanerpes ⓘ