Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

1 Verified sightings at Rincón de la Vieja National Park From 2019 to 2026

20,748 Verified sightings across all 53 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the 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.

In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the blue dacnis in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in "Cayenne" (French Guiana). He used the French name Le Pepit bleu de Cayenne and the Latin name Sylvia cayanensis caerulea. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the blue dacnis. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial Motacilla cayana and cited Brisson's work. The specific epithet cayana is from Cayenne. This species is now placed in the genus Dacnis that was introduced in 1816 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier with the... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Dacnis venusta

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Eucometis penicillata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tiaris olivaceus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Stilpnia larvata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Ramphocelus passerinii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sporophila morelleti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tangara lavinia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
2	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
3	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
4	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
5	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
6	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
7	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~30%
8	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
9	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
10	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~30%
11	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
12	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
13	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
14	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
15	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
16	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
17	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
18	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
19	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~20%
20	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
21	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
22	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
23	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
24	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
25	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
26	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
27	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
28	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
29	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
30	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
31	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
32	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
33	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
34	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
35	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
41	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
43	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
44	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
45	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
46	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
48	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
49	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
50	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
51	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
52	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
53	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

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Blue Dacnis

About the Blue Dacnis

Recent sightings of Blue Dacnis in Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Gray-headed Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Blue-gray Tanager

Bananaquit

Palm Tanager

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Golden-hooded Tanager

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Green Honeycreeper

Morelet's Seedeater

Rufous-winged Tanager

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found