Blue dacnis

Blue dacnis
Adult male
Adult female in São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dacnis
Species:
D. cayana
Binomial name
Dacnis cayana
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Motacilla cayana (protonym)
  • Dacnis coerebicolor

The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dacnis cayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722991A94797202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722991A94797202.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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