Rusty Flowerpiercer

Rusty Flowerpiercer
Rusty Flowerpiercer
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species: D. sittoides
Binomial name
Diglossa sittoides
(D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838)

The Rusty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, 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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