Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | tàngara melera lluenta |
Dutch | Geelpootsuikervogel |
English | Shining Honeycreeper |
English (United States) | Shining Honeycreeper |
French | Guit-guit brillant |
French (France) | Guit-guit brillant |
German | Azurnaschvogel |
Icelandic | Gljásuga |
Japanese | アオミツドリ |
Norwegian | gulbeinhonningkryper |
Polish | błękitniczek lśniący |
Russian | Желтоногий саи |
Serbian | Sjajni medni puzić |
Slovak | medosavka jagavá |
Spanish | Mielerito Reluciente |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mielero Luciente |
Spanish (Honduras) | Mielero Resplandeciente |
Spanish (Mexico) | Mielero Patas Amarillas |
Spanish (Panama) | Mielero Luciente |
Spanish (Spain) | Mielerito reluciente |
Swedish | gulbent nektarkrypare |
Turkish | Işıldayan Balkuşu |
Ukrainian | Танагра-медоїд лазурова |
Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
Version: 1.0 — Published January 17, 2011
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The most frequently heard vocalization of the Shining Honeycreeper is a simple call note. Descriptions of the call (or calls) include "a high cricket-like zee zee" (Russell 1964), "a low, hard note with a metallic quality, a click or tick" (Skutch 1972); "a high, thin tzit, a thin, drier tsip, and a slightly rattling tsrrrp" (Eisenmann, in Wetmore et al. 1984); and "high, sharp, staccato chittering notes and a little chatter, also a very high thin seee seee seee seeuu" (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
A possible song is a single note, repeated at a rate of about 1 note per second for about 15 minutes (Skutch 1972).
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.