Red-Legged Honeycreeper

This small, brilliantly coloured honeycreeper favours forest edges, plantations and gardens with flowering trees from Mexico through much of northern South America, where males show a striking turquoise-blue body against black wings and females are a more subdued green. It feeds on nectar, small fruit and insects, often moving in small mixed groups through the mid and upper canopy, and is most active and easiest to see in the cooler hours of early morning. Flowering or fruiting trees are the best bet for a reliable sighting.