Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusDacnis (Typical Dacnises)
- SpeciesDacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis)
The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) is a small passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Central America from Honduras to Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Amacayacu National Natural Park
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Black-faced Dacnis
Dacnis lineata
White-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis albiventris
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila castaneiventris
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
Masked Crimson Tanager
Ramphocelus nigrogularis
Red-capped Cardinal
Paroaria gularis
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Wing-barred Seedeater
Sporophila americana
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Dacnis at Amacayacu National Natural Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there