Bluish Flowerpiercer

Diglossa caerulescens - Percefleur bleuté

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Diglossa
Species
:
caerulescens

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1856

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Diglossa caerulescens caerulescens (n Venezuela)
Diglossa caerulescens ginesi (nw Venezuela)
Diglossa caerulescens media (s Ecuador and nw Peru)
Diglossa caerulescens mentalis (se Peru and w Bolivia)
Diglossa caerulescens pallida (nc and c Peru)
Diglossa caerulescens saturata (Colombia and w Venezuela)

Foreign names

Percefleur bleuté,
Pinchaflor azulado,
fura-flor-azulado,
Silberhakenschnabel,
Grijsblauwe Berghoningkruiper,
Bucafiori bluastro,
gråblå blomstickare,
Blåblomsterborer,
kvetárik belasý,
háčkozobec šedomodrý,
Blå Blomsterborer,
tuhkapuhkoja,
punxaflor blau,
haczykodziobek modry,
Серебристый крючкоклюв,
アオハナサシミツドリ,
浅蓝刺花鸟,
gråblå blomstickare,
淺藍刺花鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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