Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana - Dacnis bleu

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Dacnis
Species
:
cayana

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

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,
藍錐嘴雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest