The indigo flowerpiercer (''Diglossa indigotica'') is a species of

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in the family

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. It is found in humid forest on the lower west

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slopes in northern

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and

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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. indigo flowerpiercer Birds of the Colombian Andes Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes indigo flowerpiercer indigo flowerpiercer Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thraupidae-stub