bird name:
green honey
Latin name:
Chlorophanes spezia
condition:
least concern
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Category: avis
Rank: Gems
Family: Thraupidae
sex: chlorophane
classify: C. Spezia
general information:
The Green Honeycreeper is a small bird found in southern Mexico and northern South America. This canopy-dweller is found solitary, in pairs, or in large mixed flocks of honey bees and tanners. It is monotypic and is the only species in its genus.
Physical description:
Green Honeycreeper is about 5.5 inches long and weighs about 17 grams. This type is dimorphic. Males are mostly blue-green with black head and wing tips. The iris is reddish. Females have apple green plumage with darker wings. They have a straw colored belly and no black heads. The iris is reddish-brown. Both males and females have a distinctive curved buffish bill with a black coulmen, or upper crest.
My diet:
The diet of this species relies heavily on fruit. This is in contrast to most other types of honey that are highly dependent on nectar. This honey will supplement its diet with some nectar and insects.
Habitat:
The green honey plant extends from southern Mexico to the Amazon basin, with separate populations found in southeastern Brazil and on the island of Trinidad. Prefers forests and secondary forests. It resides in the canopy but will occasionally venture into clearings and the edge of the woods.
reproduction:
The female green honeycreeper will build small cup-shaped nests in trees. Then the female lays 2 white eggs with brown spots in each clutch. Incubation is done by the female and lasts for 13 days.