Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Andes, Colombia
Status: The Deep-blue Flowerpiercer common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1000-2300 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pincha-Flor Azul Intenso.
Sub-species: Deep-blue Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca tyrianthina), Hellmayr, 1930. S Colombia on E slope of E Andes (in W Caquetá, W Putumayo and E Nariño) and S on adjacent E slope in Ecuador to about Peru border and to extreme N Peru (Cordillera del Condor).
(Diglossa glauca glauca), P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1876. E slope in N Peru (S of R Marañón) S to Bolivia (to Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Diglossa: Gr. di, dis= double, twice and glossa= tongue. glauca: Gr. glaukos= blue-grey.

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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.