''Diglossopis'' was a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of blue

flowerpiercer ''Diglossa'' is a genus in the family Thraupidae. They are commonly known as flowerpiercers because of their habit of piercing the base of flowers to access nectar that otherwise would be out of reach. This is done with their highly modified bill ...

s in the family

Thraupidae The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotrop ...

. They are now usually placed in the genus '' Diglossa''. They were formerly classified in the bunting and

American sparrow New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae. They are seed-eating birds with conical bills, brown or gray in color, and many species have distinctive head patterns. Although they share t ...

family

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, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the

. They are restricted to highland forest and woodland from

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and Colombia, through

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and

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, to

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Species list

* Indigo flowerpiercer, ''Diglossopis indigotica'' – based on

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, belongs in the genus ''Diglossa''. *

Golden-eyed flowerpiercer The golden-eyed flowerpiercer (''Diglossa glauca''), also known as the deep-blue flowerpiercer, is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia , image_fla ...

, ''Diglossopis glauca''. *

Bluish flowerpiercer The bluish flowerpiercer (''Diglossa caerulescens'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid montane forest in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic o ...

, ''Diglossopis caerulescens''. *

Masked flowerpiercer The masked flowerpiercer (''Diglossa cyanea'') is a species of bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It is found in humid montane forest and scrub in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Flowerpiercers got their name from the fact ...

, ''Diglossopis cyanea''.

References

* 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. * Ridgely, R. S., & Tudor, G. (1989). ''Birds of South America.'' Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Bird genera Taxa named by Philip Sclater Obsolete bird taxa {{Thraupidae-stub