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title: "Purperen suikervogel"
description: "Cyanerpes caeruleus — Vogels. The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-honeycreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purperen suikervogel

> Cyanerpes caeruleus — Vogels. The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Cyanerpes caeruleus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1417
- Wikidata: [Q518693](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518693)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10261](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10261)

## Names

- en: Purple Honeycreeper
- de: Purpurnaschvogel
- es: Mielero cerúleo
- fr: Guit-guit céruléen
- nl: Purperen suikervogel
- pt: Saí-de-perna-amarela
- pl: Błękitniczek purpurowy

## Countries with the most observations

TT (366), CO (246), EC (209), BR (195), PE (99), GF (64), BO (47), SR (32), VE (15), GY (11)

## Summary

The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Purperen suikervogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-honeycreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197164199

## Machine access

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