Blue Dacnis

12.5 cm. Bill dark with a flesh colored base. Legs flesh colored. The male is turquoise blue with black lores, mantle, wings, tail and throat patch. The wing feathers are edged blue. <NThe female is bright green, lighter below. Head bluish. Throat gray. <NJuveniles lack the blue head and are green with a yellowish belly ^119 . Call a high pitched "tsit", a moderate pitched, harsh "chit", "chit-o-chit" vocalization 1 . Pairs or small groups forage in canopy of trees for insects in tit-like fashion, gleaning insects from leaves, flowers, branches, buds, and bromeliads. Also takes fruits and nectar. Para December ^159 . Not uncommon in primary and secondary forest and edge, dry forests of the interior, old plantations, trees and bushes in semiopen habitat, parks in cities. Throughout inland and coastal areas. Below 1000 meters ^133 . 15528 Calls. Rio Do<C8>e, 11<10>4<10>00. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Open forest.: 9599 > Male: 5035 > Female: