---
title: "Blue Dacnis"
description: "Dacnis cayana — Birds. The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) is a small passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-dacnis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Dacnis

> Dacnis cayana — Birds. The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) is a small passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Dacnis cayana*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 8091
- Wikidata: [Q779743](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779743)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10506)

## Names

- en: Blue Dacnis
- de: Blaukopfpitpit
- es: Saí azul
- fr: Dacnis bleu
- nl: Blauwe pitpit
- pl: Cukrownik niebieski

## Countries with the most observations

BR (5284), PA (650), CR (424), CO (337), AR (332), PE (207), EC (144), BO (118), GF (79), TT (42), GY (28), SR (19)

## Summary

The blue dacnis or turquoise honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana) is a small passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Central America from Honduras to  Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_dacnis

## Photo

![Blue Dacnis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-dacnis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141130591

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-dacnis?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).