Diglossopis

Diglossopis
Diglossopis glauca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Emberizidae
Genus:	Diglossopis Sclater, 1856
Species
Diglossopis caerulescens Diglossopis cyanea Diglossopis glauca Diglossopis indigotica

Diglossopis was a genus of blue flowerpiercers in the family Thraupidae. They are now usually placed in the genus Diglossa . They were formerly classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies^{[ citation needed ]} have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. They are restricted to highland forest and woodland from Venezuela and Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia.

Species list

• Indigo flowerpiercer, Diglossopis indigotica – based on mtDNA, 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. ISBN   0-19-857217-4