Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)

Scarlet-thighed dacnis
In Panama
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Dacnis
Species:	D. venusta
Binomial name
Dacnis venusta Lawrence, 1862

The scarlet-thighed dacnis (Dacnis venusta) is a tanager native to Central and northernmost South America.

The species name, venusta, means lovely or beautiful.^[2]

The iris of the scarlet-thighed dacnis is bright red in male individuals, and duller red in the females. The males have a characteristic bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. The forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, mid-throat, and the entire remaining underparts of the male birds are black; the thighs are scarlet, but these are usually hidden. The females are a dull greenish blue above, which is brightest on their cheeks, scapulars, and rump, and duskier on their back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy greyish, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts.^[2]

The scarlet-thighed tanager is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.^[3]

• drawing
• picture of a male
• a small picture of a male showing his 'scarlet thighs'

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