female; lime-green plumage; yellow on lower mandible (Zoo; 2008-10-21)


Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza

Native Range: Latin America

Notes: shows strong sexual dimorphism with the female being lime-green all over and the male being more of a greenish-blue with a jet-black crown and face; occurs from southern Mexico south to Brazil.


female; long and slightly decurved bill (Zoo; 2008-10-21)

female in the wild (Panama; 2008-06-15)