The indigo flowerpiercer (''Diglossa indigotica'') is a species of

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in the family

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. It is found in humid forest on the lower west

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slopes in northern

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and

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References

* Mauck, & Burns (2009). ''Phylogeny, biogeography, and recurrent evolution of divergent bill types in the nectar-stealing flowerpiercers (Thraupini: Diglossa and Diglossopis).'' Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98 (1): 14–28.

indigo flowerpiercer The indigo flowerpiercer (''Diglossa indigotica'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid forest on the lower west Andean slopes in northern Ecuador and Colombia. References

* Mauck, & Burns (2009). ''Phylogeny, ...

Birds of the Colombian Andes Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes

* Mauck, & Burns (2009). ''Phylogeny, ...

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