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

Dacnis bleu
Dacnis bleu
♀ adult

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

Dacnis bleu
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Dacnis bleu
♀ adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Dacnis bleu
published: - Updated: 18-09-2014
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