Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza (Linnaeus, 1758)
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.8 g to 19 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the green honeycreeper
- Weight
- 16.8 g – 19 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 12.8 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the green honeycreeper live?
Not recorded
What is the green honeycreeper?
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad.
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What does the green honeycreeper sound like?
Is the green honeycreeper endangered?
The green honeycreeper is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the green honeycreeper classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusChlorophanes
- SpeciesChlorophanes spiza (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Coereba atricapilla
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- tàngara melera encaputxadaCatalan
- květomil černohlavýCzech
- mêl-ddringwr gwyrddWelsh
- Sorthovedet HonningsugerDanish
- KappennaschvogelGerman
- verda tangaroEsperanto
- Mielero verdeSpanish
- Mielerito verdeSpanish
- turkoosimesitangaraFinnish
- Tangara émeraudeFrench
- Chlorophane émeraudeFrench
- Guit-guit émeraudeFrench
- žutokljuna tangaraCroatian
- zöld cukormadárHungarian
- ズグロミツドリJapanese
- brazilinė tanagraLithuanian
- Groene SuikervogelDutch
- grønnhonningkryperNorwegian
- seledynekPolish
- saí-verdePortuguese
- dácnis-meleiro-verdePortuguese
- Зелёный саиRussian
- Малахитовый саиRussian
- temtem smaragdovýSlovak
- Zeleni medni puzićSerbian
- nektartangaraSwedish
- Yeşil BalkuşuTurkish
- саї великийUkrainian
- 綠旋蜜雀Chinese
- 绿旋蜜雀Chinese
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Relatives of the green honeycreeper
Other species in the same family Thraupidae.
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Green-headed tanager
Tangara seledon
Woodpecker finch
Camarhynchus pallidus
Red-crested cardinal
Paroaria coronata
CompareGreen honeycreeper vs Paradise tanagerGreen honeycreeper vs Blue-gray tanagerGreen honeycreeper vs BananaquitGreen honeycreeper vs Green-headed tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green honeycreeper?
An adult green honeycreeper weighs 16.8 g – 19 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the green honeycreeper endangered?
The green honeycreeper is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the green honeycreeper?
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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