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Photo by Stanley Jones
Guango Lodge, Ecuador, December, 2007

Diglossa cyanea

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• D. c. cyanea:

• Andes of Colombia to Ecuador and western Venezuela

Photo by edenwatcher
Utuana, Ecuador, March 2006

• D. c. tovarensis:

• Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Aragua and Distrito Federal)

• D. c. obscura:

• Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

• D. c. dispar:

• Andes of south-western Ecuador and north-western Peru

• D. c. melanopis:

• Andes of Peru and north-western Bolivia

Placed in genus Diglossopis by some authorities.

Habitat

Usually found between 1800 and 3600 m asl. though may go down to about 1500 m. Usually in wet evergreen forest, sometimes reaching into elfin forest. Mostly considered resident though elevational migration has been reported.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Masked Flowerpiercer. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Masked_Flowerpiercer

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