Tanagers & Allies

Black Flowerpiercer

Diglossa humeralis

The Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) is a 13 g scrub bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia); Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve (Colombia).

Photo: (c) GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist