Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quito, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quito, Ecuador
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quito, Ecuador
Status: The Black Florwerpiercer is uncommon in montane forests edges and scrub on the east and west (Piura and Cajamarca) slopes of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1850-3300 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Pincha-Flor Negro.
Sub-species: Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis aterrima), Lafresnaye, 1846.
Meaning of Name: Diglossa: Gr. di, dis= double, twice and glossa= tongue. humeralis: L. umerus= shoulders, humeralis= of the shoulders.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.