The indigo flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid forest on the lower west Andean slopes in northern Ecuador and Colombia.

Indigo flowerpiercer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species:
D. indigotica
Binomial name
Diglossa indigotica
Synonyms

Diglossopis indigotica

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Diglossa indigotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723694A132023756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723694A132023756.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Mauck, & Burns (2009). Phylogeny, biogeography, and recurrent evolution of divergent bill types in the nectar-stealing flowerpiercers (Thraupini: Diglossa and Diglossopis). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98 (1): 14–28.