Black Flower-piercer

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Black Flower-piercer
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species: D. humeralis
Binomial name
Diglossa humeralis
(Fraser, 1840)

The Black Flower-piercer (Diglossa humeralis) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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