- Dacnis lineata
Includes: Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Identification
11cm
Male
- Turquoise blue body
- Black lores, mask, wings and tail
- White centre of the belly, crissum and underwing coverts
- Yellow iris
Female - rather less colourful. Mainly brownish-olive above and pale grey below. Yellow iris
Juvenile - resembles the female
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- D. l. egregia: yellow belly
- Tropical central Colombia (Magdalena and Cauca valleys)
- D. l. lineata:
- D. l. aequatorialis:
- Tropical western Ecuador (Esmeraldas to Chimbo)
Egregia from central Colombia is sometimes accepted as full species, Yellow-tufted Dacnis.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, canopy and borders of humid forest or around clearings, and swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruits, berries, seeds and insects.
Breeding
The female builds the nest. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs which are incubated by the female. Both adults feed the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Rainforest Birds
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-faced Dacnis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-faced_Dacnis
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.