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[[Image:Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />[[Alajuela Province]], [[Costa Rica]], March, 2006]] | [[Image:Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />[[Alajuela Province]], [[Costa Rica]], March, 2006]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
12cm. Bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. Black forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, and mid-throat and entire remaining underparts; scarlet thighs which are usually hidden. Female dull greenish blue above, brightest on cheeks, scapulars, and rump, duskier on back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy grey, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts. Male iris bright red, duller in female. | 12cm. Bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. Black forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, and mid-throat and entire remaining underparts; scarlet thighs which are usually hidden. Female dull greenish blue above, brightest on cheeks, scapulars, and rump, duskier on back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy grey, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts. Male iris bright red, duller in female. | ||
12cm. | 12cm. | ||
| + | [[Image:Scarlet-thighed Dacnis female Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo of female by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />[[Alajuela Province]], [[Costa Rica]], March, 2006]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], western [[Colombia]], and north-west [[Ecuador]]. In [[Central America]] connected with both Pacific and Atlantic slopes, in south America mainly on the west side of the Andes. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''D. v. venusta'' | ||
| + | *''D. v. fuliginata'' | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | In most areas in foothill elevation, up to 1500 m asl in Costa Rica and to 1100 m in [[South America]] (usually below 700), but in some areas occur in true lowland especially outside breeding season. Usually in borders and clearings of humid forest. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Eats mainly fruit | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dacnis+venusta}} | {{GSearch|Dacnis+venusta}} | ||
Revision as of 00:43, 10 September 2012
- Dacnis venusta
Identification
12cm. Bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. Black forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, and mid-throat and entire remaining underparts; scarlet thighs which are usually hidden. Female dull greenish blue above, brightest on cheeks, scapulars, and rump, duskier on back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy grey, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts. Male iris bright red, duller in female. 12cm.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama, western Colombia, and north-west Ecuador. In Central America connected with both Pacific and Atlantic slopes, in south America mainly on the west side of the Andes.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- D. v. venusta
- D. v. fuliginata
Habitat
In most areas in foothill elevation, up to 1500 m asl in Costa Rica and to 1100 m in South America (usually below 700), but in some areas occur in true lowland especially outside breeding season. Usually in borders and clearings of humid forest.
Behaviour
Eats mainly fruit
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
