Black-faced Dacnis
Encyclopedia
The Black-faced Dacnis is a species of bird
in the Thraupidae family. 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).
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
and the Chocó-Magdalena
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena is a biodiversity hotspot, which includes the tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests of the Pacific coast of South America and the Galapagos Islands. The region extends from easternmost Panama to the lower Magdalena Valley of Colombia, and along the Pacific coast of...
. The latter population has a yellow (not white) belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Yellow-tufted Dacnis (D. egregia).