Bird checklists - taxonomy - distribution - maps - links
Welcome Guest
Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted)
Dacnis egregia Sclater, PL 1855
The black-faced dacnis is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is commonly found typically in pairs in humid forests in the Amazon and the Chocó-Magdalena. The latter population has a yellow belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the yellow-tufted dacnis. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Thraupidae
Genus:
Dacnis
Scientific:
Dacnis egregia
Original description
Citation:
Sclater, PL 1855
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.22, no.275 p.251-252
Imprint year:
1854
Protonym:
Dacnis egregia
Type locality:
in Nova Grenada [= Bogotá].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96679#page/569/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CBDE242BF50DB99D
Avibase ID:
avibase-CBDE242B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CBDE242B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 997760
Geographic range:
- Dacnis egregia: tropical central Colombia (Magdalena and Cauca valleys) and tropical western Ecuador (Esmeraldas to Chimbo)
- Dacnis egregia egregia: western Colombia, including southern Córdoba (along the upper Río Sinú), Antioquia (on the lower Río Cauca and Nechí Valley), and the middle and upper Magdalena Valley from Santander southward to Tolima and Huila
- Dacnis egregia aequatorialis: far southwestern Colombia, western Ecuador (Esmeraldas to Chimbo), and far northwestern Peru
Source: Clements checklist
Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Bulgarian:
Жълтораменен дакнис
Catalan:
dacnis d'espatlles grogues
Danish:
Gulbuget Sukkerfugl
German:
Gelbsteißpitpit
Esperanto:
flavtufa dakno
Spanish:
Dacnis egregio
Spanish (Spain):
Dacnis egregio
Estonian:
õlak-türkiissirk
French:
Dacnis à plumets jaunes
Croatian:
žutoramena tangara
Japanese:
キバネヒワミツドリ
Dutch:
Geelpluimpitpit
Norwegian:
gulduskdaknis
Polish:
cukrownik maskowy
Portuguese:
saí-de-flancos-amarelos
Portuguese (Portugal):
dácnis-d'ombros-amarelos
Russian:
Желтоплечий дакнис
Slovak:
pitpit žltooký
Serbian:
Žutoćubi daknis
Swedish:
gultofsad daknis
Turkish:
Sarı Omuzlu Daknis
Ukrainian:
Цукрист жовтоплечий
Chinese:
黄须锥嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黃簇錐嘴雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted) ( Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Yellow-tufted Dacnis ( Dacnis egregia) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dacnis egregia [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Dacnis [lineata or egregia]
(sensu lato) by some authors
Your sightings
You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.
Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Жълтораменен дакнис
Catalan: dacnis d'espatlles grogues
Danish: Gulbuget Sukkerfugl
German: Gelbsteißpitpit, Maskenpitpit (Gelbsteißpitpit)
English: Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted), Yellow-tufted Dacnis
English (Avilist): Yellow-tufted Dacnis
English, HBW: Yellow-tufted Dacnis
English (IOC): Yellow-tufted Dacnis
English (United States): Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted), Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Esperanto: flavtufa dakno
Spanish: Dacnis Carinegro (egregia/aequatorialis), Dacnis Egregio
Spanish (Ecuador): Dacnis Carinegro (egregia/aequatorialis), Dacnis Penachiamarillo
Spanish (Spain): Dacnis Carinegro (egregia/aequatorialis), Dacnis egregio
Spanish (HBW): Black-faced Dacnis (Yellow-tufted)
Spanish (Peru): Dacnis de Cara Negra (egregia/aequatorialis), Dacnis de Pecho Amarillo
Spanish (Venezuela): Mielero Celeste (egregia/aequatorialis)
Estonian: õlak-türkiissirk
French: Dacnis à coiffe bleue (à plumets jaunes), Dacnis à coiffe bleue (egregia/aequatorialis), Dacnis à coiffe bleue [egregia ou aequatorialis], Dacnis à plumets jaunes
French (Guyane): Dacnis à coiffe bleue (egregia/aequatorialis)
Croatian: žutoramena tangara
Japanese (romaji): kaogurohiwamitsudori (egregia/aequatorialis)
Japanese: カオグロヒワミツドリ (egregia/aequatorialis), カオグロヒワミツドリ（egregia／aequatorialis）, キバネヒワミツドリ
Scientific: Dacnis egregia, Dacnis egregia egregia, Dacnis lineata egregia, Dacnis lineata egregia/aequatorialis
Dutch: Geelpluimpitpit, Zwartmasker-pitpit (egregia/aequatorialis)
Norwegian: gulduskdaknis, maskedaknis (egregia/aequatorialis)
Polish: cukrownik maskowy, cukrownik modrołbisty (egregia/aequatorialis)
Portuguese: saí-de-flancos-amarelos
Portuguese (Brazil): saí-de-máscara-preta (egregia/aequatorialis)
Portuguese (Portugal): dácnis-de-faces-pretas (egregia/aequatorialis), dácnis-d'ombros-amarelos
Russian: Желтоплечий дакнис, Масковый дакнис (egregia/aequatorialis)
Slovak: pitpit žltooký, pitpit žltooký (skup.)
Serbian: Žutoćubi daknis
Swedish: Gulbukad daknis, gultofsad daknis
Turkish: Kara kulaklı daknis (egregia/aequatorialis), Sarı Omuzlu Daknis
Ukrainian: Цукрист жовтоплечий, Цукрист масковий (підвид egregia/aequatorialis)
Chinese: 黄须锥嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黃簇錐嘴雀
Avibase has been visited 504,710,249 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy
