Scarlet-thighed dacnis
Appearance
Scarlet-thighed dacnis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Dacnis |
Species: | D. venusta
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Binomial name | |
Dacnis venusta Lawrence, 1862
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The scarlet-thighed dacnis (Dacnis venusta) is a tanager 4¾" long. It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.
Description
[edit]Iris bright red in male, duller red in female. Male unmistakable with bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars.; forehead lores, sides of back, wings and tail, and mid-throat and entire remaining underparts black; the thighs are scarlet, but these are usually hidden. Female dull greenish blue above, brightest on cheeks, scapulars, and rump, duskier on back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy greyish, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts.
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References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Dacnis venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22722988A119457550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22722988A119457550.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Skutch, Alexander F. (1962). "Life histories of honeycreepers" (PDF). The Condor. 64 (2): 92–116 [104–106]. doi:10.2307/1365479. JSTOR 1365479.