Blue dacnis

Dacnis cayana

The Blue dacnis (Dacnis cayana) is a bird found in Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and 1 more countries. Forests and gardens from Costa Rica to Brazil. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Dacnis cayana
Region	North America
Found in	Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the Blue dacnis lives

Forests and gardens from Costa Rica to Brazil.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🍎 Fruit40%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Males are shiny blue with a black throat.

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Recorded by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC732926. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Blue dacnis

Where does the Blue dacnis live?

The Blue dacnis lives in Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and 1 more countries. Forests and gardens from Costa Rica to Brazil.

What does the Blue dacnis eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fruit (about 40%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Blue dacnis endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.