''Diglossopis'' was a

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of blue flowerpiercers in the family

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. They are now usually placed in the genus '' Diglossa''. They were formerly classified in the bunting and

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family

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, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the

. They are restricted to highland forest and woodland from

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and

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, through

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and

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Species list

* Indigo flowerpiercer, ''Diglossopis indigotica'' – based on

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, belongs in the genus ''Diglossa''. * Golden-eyed flowerpiercer, ''Diglossopis glauca''. * Bluish flowerpiercer, ''Diglossopis caerulescens''. * Masked flowerpiercer, ''Diglossopis cyanea''.

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. * Ridgely, R. S., & Tudor, G. (1989). ''Birds of South America.'' Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Bird genera Taxa named by Philip Sclater Obsolete bird taxa {{Thraupidae-stub