The yellow-tufted dacnis (''Dacnis egregia'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Thraupidae. It is commonly found typically in pairs throughout western Colombia and Ecuador and the
Magdalena and
Cauca valleys.
References
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Dacnis
Birds of Colombia
Birds of Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Birds described in 1855
Taxa named by Philip Sclater