Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) - HBW 16, p. 274
French: Percefleur noir
German: Schwarzbauch-Hakenschnabel
Spanish: Pinchaflor Negro
Other common names: Black Flowerpecker; All-black Flowerpiercer/Flowerpecker (aterrima); Santa Marta Flowerpiercer (nocticolor)
Taxonomy: Agrilorhinus humeralis Fraser, 1840, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae or even, because of an apparent close relationship to Acanthidops, in Emberizidae. Molecular phylogenies indicate that it is most closely related to Xenodacnis and to Acanthidops, Haplospiza and Catamenia (the last three genera currently placed in Emberizidae), and that all clearly belong in present family. Members of this clade may also be closely related to the Oreomanes–Conirostrum clade. Present species forms a monophyletic group with D. gloriosa, D. brunneiventris an.. View all taxonomy...
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae or even, because of an apparent close relationship to Acanthidops, in Emberizidae. Molecular phylogenies indicate that it is most closely related to Xenodacnis and to Acanthidops, Haplospiza and Catamenia (the last three genera currently placed in Emberizidae), and that all clearly belong in present family. Members of this clade may also be closely related to the Oreomanes–Conirostrum clade. Present species forms a monophyletic group with D. gloriosa, D. brunneiventris and D. carbonaria, and all were previously regarded as conspecific. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nocticolor Bangs, 1898 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia, and Perijá Mts, on Colombia–Venezuela border.
- humeralis (Fraser, 1840) - SW Venezuela (S Táchira S of the Táchira gap) and adjacent E Andes of Colombia (from Norte de Santander S to Cundinamarca, probably to Nariño).
- aterrima Lafresnaye, 1846 - Andes of Colombia (S from N Antioquia in C range, from Cerro Munchique, in Cauca, in W range), Ecuador and N Peru (S to Marañón Valley).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving among inflorescences, looking for food Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp nocticolor)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2007 5 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on an inflorescence Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp nocticolor)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
Immatures foraging and feeding on brugmansia flowers Locality Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador (ssp aterrima)
Greg Baker 19 September 2004 11 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8 -
An adult foraging but remaining largely hidden Locality Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador (ssp aterrima)
Greg Baker 19 September 2004 11 weeks ago 16 sec 3 -
A bird moving around in a bush Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 2.8
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Dorsal view of a bird in the rain
Locality Chingaza National Park, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Male - feeding on a flowering tree.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 6 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
From my window
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 21 July 2008 4 years ago 3.8 -
Male - perched on a flowering plant.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 5 June 2008 4 years ago 3.8 -
A pair feeding at a hummingbird feeder.
Locality San Jorge Eco-Lodge, Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Todd Boland 8 April 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
on a branch
Locality Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador
oleicfrisbee 1 year ago 2.4
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dawn chorus song of adult Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp atterima)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 8 December 2009 3 years ago 4
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