Dacnis viguieri
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The viridian dacnis (Dacnis viguieri) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Colombia and Panama. The viridian dacnis was formally described in 1883 with its current binomial Dacnis viguieri. The species is monotypic.
The viridian dacnis is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long. It has a short, conical, sharply pointed bill. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a green head with dusky lores. Their mantle has a triangular black patch. Their lower back and rump are greenish blue and their uppertail coverts blue. Their wing's inner coverts and flight feathers are bright olive green with blue edges and the outer coverts and primaries are black. Their tail is dusky. The green of the head becomes greenish blue on the throat, breast, belly, and undertail coverts. Adult females have a green head, a pale olive green nape, back, and rump, and blue-tinged olive uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly olive green with greenish-edged outer primaries. Their tail is dusky. Their throat and underparts are mostly pale yellowish olive with a pale buff center to the belly and yellow undertail... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Viridian Dacnis sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 185th most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Viridian Dacnis in Darién National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Viridian Dacnis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Viridian Dacnis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Viridian Dacnis is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (33 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
