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Indigo flowerpiercer

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Indigo flowerpiercer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species:
D. indigotica
Binomial name
Diglossa indigotica
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

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  1. ^ 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.