Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) [XC17247]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Humedal del Yalare, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (call)
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) [XC370305]
by Albert Lastukhin from El Valle-Utr\u00eda National Park Trail, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
This genus and Cyanerpes were previously regarded as members of a separate family, Coerebidae, but later placed in present family on basis of similarities in skull anatomy; molecular phylogenies indicate that the two genera are sisters and form a monophyletic group with Tersina.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
venusta Lawrence, 1862 - Both slopes of mountains in Costa Rica (from Guanacaste and Alajuela) south to central Panama (Canal Zone).
fuliginata Bangs, 1908 - Eastern Panama (Caribbean slope in Darién) eastern across northern base of western and central Andes of Colombia to lower Cauca Valley and middle Magdalena Valley in Antioquia, and southern on Pacific coast and slope to north-western Ecuador (Pichincha).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet