Yellow-bellied dacnis

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Yellow-bellied dacnis
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Male, Peru
Yellow-bellied dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) female Rio Napo.jpg
Female, Ecuador
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dacnis
Species:
D. flaviventer
Binomial name
Dacnis flaviventer
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The yellow-bellied dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the Tanagers. It is found in Amazonian regions of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; also the eastern Orinoco River region of Venezuela. Its natural habitat is the canopy of tropical humid lowland forest.

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The yellow-bellied dacnis is mostly an Amazon Basin bird, except being absent in the northeast with the Guianas. A range extension from the contiguous range extends into central Bolivia. In Venezuela, besides the Amazonian drainages, the species is also in the eastern regions of the Orinoco River drainage and the headwaters.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Dacnis flaviventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22722982A132019756. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722982A132019756.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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