Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Dacnis
eBird Code
bludac1

Subspecies (8)

  • Dacnis cayana baudoana

    tropical southwestern Colombia (Baudó Mountains) to western Ecuador

  • Dacnis cayana caerebicolor

    central Colombia (Cauca and Magdalena valleys)

  • Dacnis cayana callaina

    western Costa Rica and western Panama (Chiriquí)

  • Dacnis cayana cayana

    eastern Colombia to Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, and northern and central Brazil

  • Dacnis cayana glaucogularis

    southern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and western Bolivia

  • Dacnis cayana napaea

    tropical northern Colombia

  • Dacnis cayana paraguayensis

    eastern Paraguay to eastern and southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina

  • Dacnis cayana ultramarina

    Caribbean slope of northeastern Honduras to northwestern Colombia

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.