Dacnis lineata
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The black-faced dacnis (Dacnis lineata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The black-faced dacnis was formally described in 1789 with the binomial Motacilla lineata.
The species' further taxonomy is unsettled. The South American Classification Committee (SACC), the IOC, and the Clements taxonomy treat it as monotypic. They had previously treated the two subspecies of the yellow-tufted dacnis (D. egregia with aequatorialis) as subspecies of it. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World also treats egregia and aequatorialis as the yellow-tufted dacnis, but separates subspecies D. lineata albirostris from D. lineata lineata within the black-faced dacnis.
However, in its initial 2025 version, AviList declined to split the yellow-tufted dacnis from the black-faced. In light of the decisions by the SACC, IOC, and Clements to split them, AviList is considering adopting the split in its 2026 version.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Dacnis sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 458 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 117th most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April–August and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Dacnis in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-faced Dacnis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Black-faced Dacnis sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same genus: Dacnis
The closest relatives of the Black-faced Dacnis that you can see in Yasuní National Park (genus Dacnis, Typical Dacnises) are Yellow-bellied Dacnis (about 20%) and Blue Dacnis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-faced Dacnis is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (458 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.
