What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Purple Honeycreeper been recorded?

Cyanerpes caeruleus occurrence evidence comes from 755 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Purple Honeycreeper
Purple Honeycreeper — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesThraupidaeCyanerpes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

755 records across 12 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Cyanerpes caeruleus · GBIF taxon key 2488903

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Purple Honeycreeper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Purple Honeycreeper. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 468
Peru 97
Brazil 55
Trinidad & Tobago 44
Suriname 22
Ecuador 21
Bolivia 18
Guyana 14
French Guiana 5
Venezuela 5
United States 3
Canada 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.