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Tanager vs Honeycreeper - What's the difference?

tanager | honeycreeper |

As nouns the difference between tanager and honeycreeper

is that tanager is any of several american passerine birds, of the family thraupidae, that inhabit forests while honeycreeper is any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera cyanerpes'', ''chlorophanes'', and ''iridophanes .

tanager

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia tanager)
  • Any of several American passerine birds, of the family Thraupidae, that inhabit forests.
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  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

    • Derived terms

    * tanagrine

    References

    honeycreeper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes'', ''Chlorophanes'', and ''Iridophanes .
  • Also applied to the Hawaiian honeycreepers, passerine songbirds of Hawaii.