Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 12.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1862

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,450 m, occasionally to 1,650 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) [XC253668]
by William Adsett from Altos del Torre\u00f3n, Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (song)

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) [XC490005]
by Daniel Lane from Wilson Botanical Garden, Las Cruces, Puntaneras, Costa Rica (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 Dari�n) 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).

References
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Files:

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