Yellow-legged Honeycreeper

The vibrant Yellow-legged Honeycreeper is a delight to the eyes with it’s striking plumage. This one is a resident of the Butterfly Palace in Branson, Missouri.

I’d been to the Butterfly Palace several times in the past but never noticed the birds. As you can imagine, I’m always looking into the viewfinder at butterflies and rarely would look up.  In the butterfly room their lighting is relatively dim (making good  photography a challenge).  The birds are small and quiet and there’s plenty of foliage for them to be hidden by.

The birds at the Butterfly Palace are tropical species that won’t eat butterflies but are more inclined to eat fruit.  In fact, I first saw one at a feeding station with fruit.

The Yellow-legged Honeycreeper, also known as the Cyanerpes Caeruleus, is found in various parts of South America as well as southern Mexico.

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