Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper
Tanager Information ... Tanager Species
The Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper, Dacnis cayana, is a small passerine bird.
Distribution / Range
This member of the tanager family is a resident breeder from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina.
It occurs in forests and other woodlands.
Nesting / Breeding
The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is brown-blotched white two eggs. The female incubates the eggs, but is fed by the male.
Description
The Blue Dacnis is 12.7 cm long and weighs 13 g. It has a relatively short bill compared to other honeycreepers. The adult male is turquoise blue with a black forehead, throat and back. The wings and tail are black edged with turquoise. The female and immature are mainly green with a blue head, paler green underparts and green-edged brown wings.
Diet / Feeding
These are social birds which eat mainly insects gleaned from foliage, flowers or bromeliads. Fruit is often taken and usually swallowed whole, but nectar is rarely consumed.
Calls / Vocalization
The Blue Dacnis’s call is a fruit thin tsip.
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