Black-faced dacnis

Black-faced dacnis
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dacnis
Species: D. lineata
Binomial name
Dacnis lineata
(Gmelin, 1789)

The black-faced dacnis (Dacnis lineata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon and the Chocó-Magdalena. The latter population has a yellow (not white) belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the yellow-tufted dacnis (D. egregia).

Female

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