» Also see: Honeycreeper (disambiguation). The typical honeycreepers are small birds in the tanager family. They're found in the tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil. They occur in the forest canopy, and, as the name implies, they're specialist nectar feeders with long curved bills. The four Cyanerpes species have colourful legs, long wings and a short tail. The males are typically glossy purple-blue and the females greenish. The Green Honeycreeper's called a Honeycreeper, but belongs… (More on Honeycreeper)