Black-legged dacnis

Black-legged dacnis
Female in São Paulo, Brazil
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dacnis
Species: D. nigripes
Binomial name
Dacnis nigripes
Pelzeln, 1856

The black-legged dacnis (Dacnis nigripes) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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