Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
Male Blue Dacnis, Brazil, Aug 2000 - click for larger image

Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

The Blue Dacnis is a small Tanager which is fairly widespread throughout tropical South America and parts of Central America.

It is usually found in pairs or as part of a mixed species flock high in the canopy.

Male Blue Dacnis, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, Aug 2002 - click for larger image They feed on fruit and insects which they find on leaves .

They are also sexually dimorphic as you can see from the forth and fifth photos of the female.

There are illustrations in Isler, Plate 29; Hilty & Brown, Plate 48; Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 11; and Sick, Plate 40.

Male Blue Dacnis, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, Aug 2002 - click for larger image
Female Blue Dacnis, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, Aug 2002 - click for larger image
Female Blue Dacnis, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, Aug 2002 - click for larger image
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