Birds of the World


White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera albilatera) Male Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera) Female Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common flowerpiercer in gardens over 1500m. Look for flashes of white when seen hopping inside flowering bushes piercing flowers.
Acrobatics.
Immature


Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula) Male Range: MA: Mexico to Nicaragua Oaxaca, Mexico
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Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula montana) Female Range: MA: Mexico to Nicaragua Guatemala
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Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris vuilleumieri) Range: SA: Colombia to Chile ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
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A Peruvian species with an isolated population in northeast Colombia. Generally found at 2500-3000m in Colombia, and to lower altitudes in Peru.


Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens saturata) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia Bill less hooked than other flowerpiercers.
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Dull blue and black compared to Masked Flowerpiercer. Found inside the forest, and generally not in gardens. Travels in mixed flocks.


Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa carbonaria) Range: SA: Bolivia and nw Argentina Siberia, Bolivia
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Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa carbonaria) Immature Range: SA: Bolivia and nw Argentina Quime, Bolivia
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea cyanea) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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Piercing a flower
Eating a berry.


Scaled Flowerpiercer (Diglossa duidae) Range: SA: tepuis Venezuela
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Grey with dark wings, male and female alike (Cornell).


Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca glauca) Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia Manu, Peru
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Immature with white eye and two color bill.


Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa) Range: SA: Venezuela Sierra de La Culata National Park, Venezuela
Photograph by Margareta Wieser © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosissima boylei) Near Threatened Range: SA: Colombia ProAves Dusky Starfrontlet Reserve, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
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Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis aterrima) Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru Cajas National Park, Ecuador
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Note matte colored compared to slightly larger Glossy Flowerpiercer. If you are not sure, it is probably a Glossy.


Indigo Flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica) Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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Found in the rain belt around 1500 meters on the western Andean slope.


Glossy Flowerpiercer (Diglossa lafresnayii) Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru PNN Los Nevados, Colombia Slightly larger than the Black Flowerpiercer, and shinier. Also compare the bill color to this photo.
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Greater Flowerpiercer (Diglossa major) Range: SA: tepuis Venezuela
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Moustached Flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis) Range: SA: Peru and Bolivia Peru
Photograph by Robert Lewis © All Rights Reserved.


Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea) Male Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
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Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea) Female Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama Guadalupe, Panama
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Rusty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides dorbignyi) Male Range: SA: Venezuela to nw Argentina Finca Alejandria, Cali, Colombia
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Rusty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) Female Range: SA: Venezuela to nw Argentina Colombia
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At favorite flowers.

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Venezuelan Flowerpiercer (Diglossa venezuelensis) Endangered Range: SA: Venezuela