Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana - Dacnis bleu
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Thraupidés
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Genus:
Dacnis
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Species:
cayana
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 12 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight:
Geographic range
Identification
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.
Subspecific information 8 subspecies
- Dacnis cayana cayana (e Colombia to French Guiana, Trinidad and n, c Brazil)
- Dacnis cayana callaina (w Costa Rica to sw Panama)
- Dacnis cayana ultramarina (Honduras to nw Colombia)
- Dacnis cayana napaea (n and nc Colombia)
- Dacnis cayana baudoana (sw Colombia and w Ecuador)
- Dacnis cayana caerebicolor (c Colombia)
- Dacnis cayana glaucogularis (s Colombia through e Ecuador and e Peru to n and e Bolivia)
- Dacnis cayana paraguayensis (e and s Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina)
Foreign names
- Dacnis bleu,
- Dacnis azul,
- saí-azul,
- Blaukopfpitpit,
- közönéges pitpit,
- Blauwe Pitpit,
- Dacne azzurra,
- blådaknis,
- Blådaknis,
- pitpit modrý,
- pitpit modrý,
- Blå Sukkerfugl,
- kerttulitangara,
- dacnis blau,
- cukrownik niebieski,
- Синий дакнис,
- ヒワミツドリ,
- 蓝锥嘴雀,
- blådaknis,
- 藍錐嘴雀,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
- A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, Steve N. G. Howell, Sophie Webb
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 16, Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Birds in Suriname, South America, Jan Hein Ribot
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
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