Tanagers & Allies

Bluish Flowerpiercer

Diglossa caerulescens

The Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens) is a 14 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

14 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia).

Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist