Yellow-bellied Dacnis - Dacnis flaviventer

Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer

Brazil

The Yellow-bellied Dacnis is found in the Amazon Basin, usually in the canopy and often beside rivers. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. Its behaviour is very like that of the Blue Dacnis.

The male is distinctive with yellow on the belly and a red eye. The head is black with dull green on the crown and nape.

Female Yellow-bellied Dacnis, Cristalino, Mato Grosso, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image

The female, seen here in photos 2 and 3, is olive brown above and dull brownish buff below with indistinct mottling on the throat and breast.

The male in photo 1 was recorded by Jeremy Minns but it only called when in flight.

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