Habitat: This Honeycreeper species will favor canopy and forest borders, as well as second-growth woodland habitats in humid lowlands and foothills. Distribution: This species has been reported from southeastern Mexico to northern Bolivia and southern Brazil. Natural History Notes: The Green Honeycreeper is usually found alone or in pairs, foraging fairly high in trees. Its diet is composed of fruits (60%), nectar (20%) and insects (15%), as less important components of its diet. This species depends less on nectar than other honeycreepers. Conservation status according to IUCN 2008 Red list: Least Concern (LC). Characteristics: This species has a total length of 5.5 inches (measured from tip of bill to end of tail). This bird has a bright yellow bill with a slightly decurved shape and the presence of a black ridge in the case of the male, whereas the bill is uniformly yellow in the female. Then the plumage of the male is "emerald" green, which contrasts with the black head. Then, the wings and the tail are dark gray. The female has a bright green plumage, somehow paler on the part below, and with a yellower plumage on the throat, around the eyes and on the middle part of the belly. The wings and the tail are dark gray.