Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia) [XC120831]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Tundaloma Lodge, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)
Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia) [XC262515]
by Yair Guillermo Molina Mart\u00ednez. from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, calls)
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. Often treated as conspecific with Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata), but the two differ in plumage and are geographically isolated from each other. Further research is required.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
egregia Sclater, PL, 1855 - Northern Colombia in southern Córdoba (upper R Sinú), Antioquia (lower R Cauca and Nechí Valley), and middle and upper Magdalena Valley from Santander south to Tolima and Huila. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata).
aequatorialis von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - Western Ecuador (Esmeraldas south to El Oro). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata).
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