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title: "Shining Honeycreeper"
description: "Cyanerpes lucidus — Birds. The shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/shining-honeycreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shining Honeycreeper

> Cyanerpes lucidus — Birds. The shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Cyanerpes lucidus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 966
- Wikidata: [Q794373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q794373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10264)

## Names

- en: Shining Honeycreeper
- de: Azurnaschvogel
- es: Mielero Patas Amarillas
- fr: Guit-guit brillant
- nl: Geelpootsuikervogel
- pl: Błękitniczek lśniący

## Countries with the most observations

CR (656), PA (235), HN (18), NI (7)

## Summary

The shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and Colombia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_honeycreeper

## Photo

![Shining Honeycreeper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shining-honeycreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allison McCabe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191372606

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shining-honeycreeper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).