White-bellied Dacnis

About the White-bellied Dacnis

The white-bellied dacnis (Dacnis albiventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The white-bellied dacnis was formally described in 1852 with the binomial Pipraeidea albiventris. For a time it was assigned its own genus Hemidacnis but has been assigned to Dacnis since the middle of the twentieth century. The species is monotypic.

The white-bellied dacnis is 10 cm (3.9 in) to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. It weighs 11 to 11.5 g (0.39 to 0.41 oz). It has a short, conical, pointed bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a bright cobalt-blue head with a triangular black mask from the lores through the eye onto the ear coverts. Their upperparts are mostly cobalt-blue withe black scapulars. Their wing's lesser coverts are cobalt-blue and the median and greater coverts black with wide cobalt-blue edges. Their flight feathers are black with cobalt-blue edges. Their tail is black. Their throat and breast are cobalt-blue, their belly to undertail coverts white, and their flanks light gray with light blue spotting. Adult females have a dull... Wikipedia →