Black-legged Dacnis / Dacnis nigripes
WBN 
Black-legged Dacnis
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Protonym: Dacnis nigripes Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 20 p.154 pl.1 fig.1,2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Dacnis
Taxonomy Code: blldac1
Type Locality: Nuovo [=Nova] Friburgo [, Rio de Janeiro] , Brazil.
Author: von Pelzeln
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
DACNIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue Dacnis D. cayana) Gr. δακνις daknis type of bird from Egypt, otherwise unidentified, mentioned by Hesychius and Pompeius Festus; "LES PIT-PITS. Buff. (DACNIS. Cuv.) Représentent en petit les carouges [Icterus] par leur bec conique et aigu. Ils les lient avec les figuiers (1). ... (1) Motacilla Cayana, Gm. enl. 669." (Cuvier 1817); "Dacnis Cuvier, 1816, Règne Animal, 1 ("1817"), p. 395. Type, by virtual monotypy, Motacilla cayana Linnaeus." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 387).
Var. Dacuis, Dachnis.
Synon. Cyanodacnis, Eudacnis, Hemidacnis, Mellisuga, Polidacnis, Pseudodacnis.
nigripes
L. niger black; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
