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Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer

Diglossa glauca

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 12 g
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 1
Photo: Allan Harris · CC0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 2
Photo: Claude Kolwelter · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 3
Photo: Claude Kolwelter · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 5
Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 6
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 8
Photo: John G. Phillips · CC BY 4.0
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 9
Photo: Chrystopher Canaday, Aves y Conservación · Public domain
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca), photo 10
Photo: José Loaiza, Aves y Conservación · Public domain

What the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer sounds like

Sonogram of the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia Bolivia

About the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer

The golden-eyed flowerpiercer, also known as the deep-blue flowerpiercer, is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It is the only species of flowerpiercer with bright yellow eyes.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Indigo Flowerpiercer (Diglossa indigotica) Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaThe indigo flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Moustached Flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis) Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisThe moustached flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosissima) Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaChestnut-bellied flowerpiercers, like the other birds in the genus Diglossa, are small montane tanagers.

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