Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Andes, Colombia
Status: The Bluish Flowerpiercer is uncommon and widespread on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1300-3100 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pincha-Flor Azulado.
Sub-species: Bluish Flower-piercer (Diglossa caerulescens media), J. Bond, 1955. N portion of E slope of Andes in Ecuador (specimen from at least as far N as Sierra Azul, in Napo) S to E slope in N Peru (Cajamarca and N Amazonas).
(Diglossa caerulescens pallida), (Berlepsch and Stolzmann), 1896. N & C Peru (from S side of R Marañón S to La Libertad, Lima and Junín).
(Diglossa caerulescens mentalis), J. T. Zimmer, 1942. E slope of Andes in S Peru S to Bolivia (La Paz).
Meaning of Name: Diglossa: Gr. di, dis= double, twice and glossa= tongue. caerulescens: L. caerulescens, caerulescentis= bluish.

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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.