Birds of Colombia


White-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis albiventris) Male Beruri, Amazonas, Brazil
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Male is blue with black mask and white belly.


Scarlet-breasted Dacnis (Dacnis berlepschi) Male Vulnerable Pichincha, Ecuador
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Rare and local. Male blue with red chest and yellow eye. Female has brown where male has blue.


Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) Male Comedero "Diego", Boca Tapada, Costa Rica
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Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana caerebicolor) Male Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia Colombian Blue Dacnis, especially in Magdalena, are very rich blue.
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Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) Female Soberania National Park, Panama
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Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia egregia) Male San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia
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Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia egregia) Female Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia
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Split from the Black-faced Dacnis, and only found in Magdalena/Colombia and west Ecuador. Found near small berries. Best seen around San Rafael, Antioquia.


Yellow-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) Male Inírida, Colombia
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Yellow-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) Female Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia
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Turquoise Dacnis (Dacnis hartlaubi) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC Laguna Pedro Palo, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Rare. Sometimes seen outside of the forest.


Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) Male
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Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) Female
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Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta venusta) Male Costa Rica
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Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta venusta) Female Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica
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A small tanager with difficult to see scarlet thighs, and bright light blue head.


Viridian Dacnis (Dacnis viguieri) Image credit: John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912). Note yellow eye.
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