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ForestCup nestTiny · 10 g
What the White-sided Flowerpiercer sounds like
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A fairly small flowerpiercer - slightly larger than a black-capped chickadee and slightly smaller than a great tit. Length is 12.2-13.2cm, mass is typically 9.84-10.2g. The male is a blackish-slate colour overall with the exception of white "sides" (pectoral tufts and underwing linings). On a perched bird these white markings are not always noticeable but when the bird flicks its wings as it frequently does the white flash is obvious. Females are olive-brown above and buffy-brown below, with the same white sides.
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When to see the White-sided Flowerpiercer
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-sided Flowerpiercer
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-sided Flowerpiercer
The white-sided flowerpiercer is a fairly common and widespread species of flowerpiercer. Flowerpiercers are a genus of birds within the tanager family Thraupidae, with specially adapted bills that enable them to pierce the sides of flower blossoms to access the nectar. The white-sided flowerpiercer is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Easily confused with
Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralisAdult black flowerpiercers are 13–14 cm in length.
Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaThe slaty flowerpiercer is a passerine bird endemic to the Talamancan montane forests.
Masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyaneaThe masked flowerpiercer grows to a length of about 15 cm (6 in).
Side by side: Masked Flowerpiercer vs White-sided Flowerpiercer · Black Flowerpiercer vs White-sided Flowerpiercer
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