Mérida Flower-piercer

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Mérida Flower-piercer
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species: D. gloriosa
Binomial name
Diglossa gloriosa
Sclater & Salvin, 1870

The Mérida Flower-piercer (Diglossa gloriosa) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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