Tanagers & Allies

Moustached Flowerpiercer

Diglossa mystacalis

The Moustached Flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis) is a 16 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Peru, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru).

Photo: (c) Caroline Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist