Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ShrublandCup nestTiny · 11 g

Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Merida Flowerpiercer (Diglossa gloriosa), photo 4 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Merida Flowerpiercer

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Merida Flowerpiercer

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Venezuela

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

About the Merida Flowerpiercer

The Mérida flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Greater FlowerpiercerDiglossa majorThe greater flowerpiercer grows to a length of about 16.5 cm (6.5 in) and is larger than any other species in the genus. Venezuelan FlowerpiercerDiglossa venezuelensisThe Venezuelan flowerpiercer is, on average, 12.7 cm (5.0 in) long. Scaled FlowerpiercerDiglossa duidaeThe scaled flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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