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Revision as of 22:31, 4 September 2017

Male
Photo by dubi
south-eastern Brazil, November 2008
Dacnis nigripes

Identification

11 cm (4¼ in)
Male

  • Turquoise-blue
  • Black: throat patch, short eye-stripe and upper mantle
  • Wings mainly black but have broad blue fringes to greater coverts and tertials
  • Blackish tail
  • Red iris
  • Dusky legs
Female
Photo by Francisco Paludo
Pomerode, SC, Brazil, July 2017

Female

  • Browny-olive above
  • Greeny-blue on forecrown, cheeks, scapulars and rump
  • Dull buffish below.

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes, to 1,700 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and small fruits; also nectar, berries and seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdLife International
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)

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