Deep-blue Flowerpiercer | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Diglossopis |
Species: | D. glauca |
Binomial name | |
Diglossopis glauca Sclater & Salvin, 1876 |
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Synonyms | |
Diglossa glauca |
The Deep-blue Flowerpiercer (Diglossopis glauca), also known as the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It is the only species of flowerpiercer with bright yellow eyes.