The Blue Dacnis

Blue Dacnis (David Zittin, La Selva Research Station, Costa Rica, 2018)

This beautiful blue neotropical bird is found from Nicaragua south to the northern half of South America. Like many birds, it is an opportunistic feeder eating insects, seeds and fruit.

The electric blue color of the male is eye catching. This one is probably a young male because it still has some green color on its wings. The female is an intense green with a blue head.