Rusty flowerpiercer

Rusty flowerpiercer
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Diglossa
Species:
D. sittoides
Binomial name
Diglossa sittoides

The rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Diglossa sittoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723644A94827151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723644A94827151.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.