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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
West Andes, Colombia, May 2012

Diglossa gloriosissima

[edit] Identification

14.5cm

• Glossy black plumage
• Bright chestnut breast and belly
• Blue-grey shoulder patches
• Dark bluish-grey rump
• Dark iris
• Black upturned, sharply hooked bill

[edit] Distribution

[[South America]: found in the western Andes of Colombia (Antioquia to Cauca).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Subspecies boylei is not recognised by all authorities^[2].

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude shrubland and moist montane forests, 3,000-3,750m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and nectar.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. ARKive

• List of references

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