Indigo flowerpiercer
| Indigo flowerpiercer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Diglossa |
| Species: | D. indigotica |
| Binomial name | |
| Diglossa indigotica Sclater, PL, 1856 | |
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| Synonyms | |
| Diglossopis indigotica | |
The indigo flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid forest on the lower west Andean slopes in northern Ecuador and Colombia.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Diglossa indigotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723694A132023756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723694A132023756.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Mauck, & Burns (2009). Phylogeny, biogeography, and recurrent evolution of divergent bill types in the nectar-stealing flowerpiercers (Thraupini: Diglossa and Diglossopis). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98 (1): 14–28.