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Roodpoot honingzuiger
In de avicultuur kent deze bijzondere vogel diverse namen te weten Geelvleugel-suikervogel,
Blauwe suikervogel en Roodpoot honingzuiger. Voor de leden van het geslacht Cyanerpes
wordt vaak de naam 'honingzuiger' gebruikt. De vogels zijn omnivoor, maar nectar moet altijd beschikbaar zijn. Ze zijn verzot op bananen, appel en sinasappel. We kunnen stellen dat
elke fruitsoort door deze vogel gewaardeerd wordt. In de broedperiode voeren ze de jongen met fruitvliegjes en kleine wormen.
Wasmottenlarven mogen dan op het menu niet ontbreken.
Doorgaans eten deze vogels zelf ook insecten maar
pas op met meelwormen. Deze Dienen geknipt
gegeven te worden en dan maar 2 tot 4 wormen per vogel per dag. De vogels kunnen in een buitenvoliere gehuisvest worden maar u dient wel voor een verwarmd nachthok te zorgen daar zij zeer gevoelig zijn voor temperaturen beneden +5 graden celcius.
Red-legged Honeycreeper or
Yellow-winged Sugarbird
(Cyanerpes cyanueus)
The Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyanueus), also known as the Yellow-winged Sugarbird, is found from Southern Mexico, through Latin America to Northern South America. When in nuptial plumage the male is iridescent with turquoise, blue and velvet-black colors. In his eclipse plumage he resembles the olive green hen but may still be distinguished by his red legs.
These 4-1/2 inch birds are nectar feeders and should be offered nectar daily. They will live happily in a mixed aviary and should be offered a diet of mixed soft fruits, sponge cake soaked in nectar and a few insects. If given an aviary to themselves they may be encouraged to breed. The nest is made out of tiny soft grasses and rootlets and is often built in a small box. The young require vast quantities of small live food if they are to be raised successfully.
The Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, and on Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago.
This is a species of forest edge, open woodland, and cocoa and citrus plantations. The female Red-legged Honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs for 12-13 days, with a further 14 days to fledging.
The Red-legged Honeycreeper is 12.2cm long, weighs 14g and has a medium-long black, slightly decurved, bill. The male is violet-blue with black wings, tail and back, and bright red legs. The crown of its head is turquoise, and the underwing, visible only in flight, is lemon yellow. After breeding, the male moults into an eclipse plumage, mainly greenish with black wings.
Females and immatures are mainly green, with paler, faintly streaked underparts. The legs are red-brown in the female, and brown in young birds.
The Tobagian race C. c. tobagensis is slightly larger than the mainland forms. The call of Red-legged Honeycreeper is a thin, high-pitched tsip.
The Red-legged Honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on insects and some berries and nectar. It responds readily to the call of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl.
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