Dacnis
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Dacnis is a genus
of tanager
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Species list
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tanager
Tanager
The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...
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Species list
- White-bellied DacnisWhite-bellied DacnisThe White-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
, Dacnis albiventris - Black-faced DacnisBlack-faced DacnisThe Black-faced Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon and the Chocó-Magdalena. The latter population has a yellow belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Yellow-tufted Dacnis .-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
, Dacnis lineata- Yellow-tufted Dacnis, Dacnis (lineata) egregia
- Yellow-bellied DacnisYellow-bellied DacnisThe Yellow-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the Tanagers. It is found in Amazonian regions of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; also the eastern Orinoco River region of Venezuela...
, Dacnis flaviventer - Black-legged DacnisBlack-legged DacnisThe Black-legged Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
, Dacnis nigripes - Scarlet-thighed DacnisScarlet-thighed DacnisThe Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is a tanager 4¾" long. It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.-Description:Iris bright red in male, duller red in female...
, Dacnis venusta - Blue DacnisBlue DacnisThe 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...
, Dacnis cayana - Viridian DacnisViridian DacnisThe Viridian Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Dacnis viguieri - Scarlet-breasted DacnisScarlet-breasted DacnisThe Scarlet-breasted Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Dacnis berlepschi - Turquoise DacnisTurquoise DacnisThe Turquoise Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. It is a rather distinct species of dacnis, formerly separated in the monotypic genus Pseudodacnis....
, Dacnis hartlaubi (formerly in Pseudodacnis)