Diglossa (bird)

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Diglossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Wagler, 1832
Species

About 14, see text

Diglossa is a genus of tanagers, the typical flowerpiercers. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies[citation needed] have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae.

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