Black-legged Dacnis Dacnis nigripes
Black-legged Dacnis, Iporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil
October 2022

Black-legged Dacnis is a Brazilian endemic distributed in south-east Brazil from Espirito Santo to Santa Catarina. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in the canopy and borders of the Atlantic Rain Forest.

Black-legged Dacnis, Iporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image Classified as Near Threatened it is much rarer than the similar Blue Dacnis D. cayana, it is smaller, with a shorter tail and, as its name implies, black legs.

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