Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tàngara melera encaputxada |
| Dutch | Groene Suikervogel |
| English | Green Honeycreeper |
| English (United States) | Green Honeycreeper |
| French | Tangara émeraude |
| French (France) | Tangara émeraude |
| German | Kappennaschvogel |
| Japanese | ズグロミツドリ |
| Norwegian | grønnhonningkryper |
| Polish | seledynek |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | saí-verde |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Saí-verde |
| Russian | Малахитовый саи |
| Serbian | Zeleni medni puzić |
| Slovak | temtem smaragdový |
| Spanish | Mielerito Verde |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mielero Verde |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Mielero Verde |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Mielero Verdoso |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mielero Verde |
| Spanish (Panama) | Mielero Verde |
| Spanish (Peru) | Mielero Verde |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mielerito verde |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Mielero Verde |
| Swedish | nektartangara |
| Turkish | Yeşil Balkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Саї великий |
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Version: 1.0 — Published January 7, 2011
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Main food taken:
The Green Honeycreeper is considered to be mostly an omnivore with its diet consisting mainly of fruit and some arthropods as well as nectar. In Trinidad, 63% of foraging observations (n=267) were of birds consuming fruit (Snow and Snow 1971). Snow and Snow (1971) report 22 species of fruits are known to be consumed by Green Honeycreepers. In Trinidad, Miconia berries make up half of all fruit eaten (Snow and Snow 1971). In Brazil also reported to feed on racemes of Lasiacis grass and berries of Rhipsalis cacti (Sick 1985). Little is known in detail of the terrestrial invertebrates eaten by Green Honeycreepers. An examination by E. A. Goldman (in Wetmore et al. 1984) identified two species of Aphodius, short-tongued bees, legs of dipteran, and a hymenopteran (Ichneumonid).
