Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Andes, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Peru
Status: The Masked Flowerpiercer is common in montane forests of the east and west (Piura and Cajamarca) slopes of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1500-3600 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pincha-Flor Enmascarado.
Sub-species: Masked Flower-piercer (Diglossa cyanea dispar), J. T. Zimmer, 1942. Andes of SW Ecuador and NW Peru.
(Diglossa cyanea melanopis), Tschudi, 1844. Andes of Peru (except NW) S to Andes in Bolivia (to Santa Cruz).
Meaning of Name: Diglossa: Gr. di, dis= double, twice and glossa= tongue. cyanea: L. cyaneus= dark-blue, sea-blue, greenish-blue.

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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.