Male Red-legged Honeycreeper Singing
The male Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is one of the most electric birds in Costa Rica. I photographed this one in San Carlos, Alajuela Province. He was singing me a song and stayed long enough for me to capture every detail of his colors. While the female blends quietly into the foliage, the male announces himself to the whole forest. This original photograph is available in a variety of formats, from wall art to gifts.
A portrait-orientation close-up on a slender branch, vivid electric blue plumage filling the frame against a soft charcoal and green bokeh background. The turquoise crown catches the light just above the eye. Those vivid red legs grip the bark below. It is the kind of image that makes you stop scrolling. The color alone earns a place on the wall.
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📍 San Carlos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Red-legged Honeycreeper Male Photography Print
This gorgeous male Red-legged Honeycreeper was singing me a song and stayed long enough for me to photograph him in his full glorious colors. Stunning little guy with an even more stunning voice.
While the female blends quietly into the foliage, the male announces himself to the whole forest. Available on archival fine art paper or sublimated aluminum metal, made to order in my New Hampshire studio.
📍 San Carlos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Male Red-legged Honeycreeper Photography Note Card
A vivid tropical note card for bird lovers, Costa Rica travelers, and tropical bird fans — an original photograph of a male Red-legged Honeycreeper in full electric blue plumage, looking like nature pushed the saturation slider as far as it would go.
I photographed this male Red-legged Honeycreeper in San Carlos, Costa Rica. Against the soft green of the rainforest, his electric blue plumage looked like nature had pushed the saturation slider all the way up and then said, "keep going." A small flying jewel with snack priorities.
I print every note card in my Henniker studio on heavyweight Red River Linen cardstock, so the deep blue of the plumage and the bright leaves around him hold their color and texture. Each 5 x 7 card ships flat with a matching envelope and protective sleeve — a greeting card worth keeping long after it's sent.
📍 Costa Rica
Red-legged Honeycreeper Desk Mat
Electric blue plumage and bright red legs make this Red-legged Honeycreeper a striking, colorful centerpiece for any desk, vivid enough to notice, calm enough to live with daily.
I photographed this male Red-legged Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus, in Costa Rica, where his cobalt blue body, black wings, and bright red legs stood out against soft green leaves and a dark rainforest background, the kind of color combination that looks almost too vivid to be real.
This desk mat brings that tropical color to a modern home office, photography workspace, or creative studio. Printed in my Henniker, New Hampshire studio with fade resistant color, it turns a real Costa Rica encounter into everyday desk mat photography.
📍 Costa Rica
Male Red-legged Honeycreeper Mouse Pad
Nature wasn't being subtle with this bird, electric blue body, jet black wings, and red legs that look borrowed from a completely different animal, all of it now living on your mouse pad.
The male Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is one of Costa Rica's most colorful tropical birds, and I photographed this one perched on a leafy branch, cobalt blue body, black wings, and bright red legs on full display. It is a color combination nature apparently decided to show off with.
That electric blue holds its punch against the dark rainforest backdrop at 9.25 by 7.75 inches of smooth polyester with a quarter inch rubber base, sized for a laptop desk or a small office corner. I photographed this bird myself in Costa Rica, not a stock tropical scene.