Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusDacnis (Typical Dacnises)
- SpeciesDacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis)
Closest Relatives at Serra dos Órgãos National Park
Black-legged Dacnis
Dacnis nigripes
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Golden-chevroned Tanager
Thraupis ornata
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Green-headed Tanager
Tangara seledon
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Ruby-crowned Tanager
Tachyphonus coronatus
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Yellow-backed Tanager
Hemithraupis flavicollis
Burnished-buff Tanager
Stilpnia cayana
Sooty Grassquit
Asemospiza fuliginosa
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blue Dacnis in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
About 55% of visitor-days record a Blue Dacnis sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park, based on 289 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blue Dacnis in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Blue Dacnis in Serra dos Órgãos National Park in our monthly data.