Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Thraupidae > Diglossa > Diglossa lafresnayiiDiglossa lafresnayii (Glossy Flowerpiercer)Synonyms: Uncirostrum lafresnayii The glossy flowerpiercer (Diglossa lafresnayii) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and heavily degraded former forest. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.12816 EDGE Score: 1.41783 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 16 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Nectar [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 60 % |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Alto Quindío |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro Chinguela |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cordillera del Cóndor |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cuenca del Río Toche |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Ángel-Cerro Golondrinas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Intag-Toisán |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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La Cocha |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Maquipucuna-Río Guayllabamba |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mindo y Estribaciones Occidentales del volcán Pichincha |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Montañas de Zapote-Najda |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional El Tamá |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Parque Nacional Guaramacal |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Llanganates |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Puracé |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Tamá |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Parque Nacional Podocarpus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sangay |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca Parque Nacional Dinira |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas y alrededores |
Ecuador |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Ibanasca |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Semillas de Agua |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Reservas Comunitarias de Roncesvalles |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Serranía de los Paraguas |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Soatá |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Isler, ML & Isler, PR 1999. The tanagers: natural history, distribution, and identification. Second edition, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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