Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
English (US) Shining Honeycreeper
The Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cyanerpes lucidus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shining Honeycreeper
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cyanerpes lucidus lucidus
- Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Coereba lucida
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.1, no.1 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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