Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusDacnis (Typical Dacnises)
- SpeciesDacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis)
The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) is a small passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Central America from Honduras to Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Rufous-winged Tanager
Tangara lavinia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Dacnis at Rincón de la Vieja National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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