Blue Dacnis vs Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

Tiny13 gForest

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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Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Dacnis venusta

Small16 gForest

The iris of the scarlet-thighed dacnis is bright red in male individuals, and duller red in the females. The males have a characteristic bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. The forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, mid-throat, and the entire remaining underparts of the male birds are black; the thighs are scarlet, but these are usually hidden.

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Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0

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