About the Blue Dacnis
The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is found from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina. It is widespread and often common, especially in parts of its South American range.
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The blue dacnis is 12.7 cm long and weighs 13 g. Despite its alternative name, it is not a honeycreeper, which are longer-billed. The adult male is turquoise blue with a black around the eyes, and on the throat and back. The wings and tail are black, edged with turquoise. The female and immature are mainly green with a blue head, paler green underparts and green-edged brown wings. The blue dacnis's call is a thin tsip.
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Where the Blue Dacnis lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
When to see the Blue Dacnis
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Scarlet-thighed DacnisDacnis venustaThe iris of the scarlet-thighed dacnis is bright red in male individuals, and duller red in the females.
Black-faced DacnisDacnis lineataThe black-faced dacnis is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Yellow-bellied DacnisDacnis flaviventerThe yellow-bellied dacnis is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the Tanagers.
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