Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Dacnis (10 species)

Dacnis (genus Dacnis) are small tanagers with short pointed bills. The male is brightly colored while the female is drab or less colored.


White-bellied Dacnis
White-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis albiventris) Male
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Beruri, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Male is blue with black mask and white belly.

Scarlet-breasted Dacnis
Scarlet-breasted Dacnis (Dacnis berlepschi) Male Vulnerable
Range: SA: far sw Colombia and nw Ecuador
Pichincha, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Robert Johnson   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local. Male blue with red chest and yellow eye. Female has brown where male has blue.

Blue Dacnis
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana caerebicolor) Male
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to ne Argentina
Manantiales del Campo, Antioquia, Colombia
  Colombian Blue Dacnis, especially in Magdalena, are very rich blue.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue Dacnis
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) Male
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to ne Argentina
Comedero "Diego", Boca Tapada, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Blue Dacnis
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) Female
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to ne Argentina
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia egregia) Male
Range: SA: w Colombia and w Ecuador
San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia egregia) Female
Range: SA: w Colombia and w Ecuador
Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Black-faced Dacnis, and only found in Magdalena/Colombia and west Ecuador. Found near small berries.

Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Yellow-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) Male
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Inírida, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Yellow-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) Female
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Turquoise Dacnis
Turquoise Dacnis (Dacnis hartlaubi) Male Vulnerable
Range: SA: Colombia
Laguna Pedro Palo, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare. Sometimes seen outside of the forest.

Black-faced Dacnis
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) Male
Range: SA: n, w Amazonia
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-faced Dacnis
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) Female
Range: SA: n, w Amazonia
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-legged Dacnis
Black-legged Dacnis (Dacnis nigripes) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Black-legged Dacnis
Black-legged Dacnis (Dacnis nigripes) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
Vale do Ribeira, Juquia-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info


Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta venusta) Male
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta venusta) Female
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador
Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

A small tanager with difficult to see scarlet thighs, and bright light blue head.

Viridian Dacnis
Viridian Dacnis (Dacnis viguieri)
Range: MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
  Image credit: John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912). Note yellow eye.
   
Photograph by Prints     Copyright and usage info



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