Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Rusty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) - HBW 16, p. 268
French: Percefleur rouilleux
German: Rostbauch-Hakenschnabel
Spanish: Pinchaflor Ferrugíneo
Other common names: Rusty Flowerpecker
Taxonomy: Serrirostrum sittoides d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838, Valle Grande, Bolivia.
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. Forms a superspecies, and formerly considered conspecific, with D. baritula and D. pl.. 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. Forms a superspecies, and formerly considered conspecific, with D. baritula and D. plumbea, genetic data suggesting that the three form a monophyletic group. Considerable variation occurs within as well as between races; revision awaited. Six subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hyperythra Cabanis, 1851 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts) and N Venezuela (cordillera from Carabobo E to Miranda).
- coelestis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - extreme W Venezuela in Perijá Mts.
- mandeli Blake, 1940 - Mt Turumiquire, in extreme NE Venezuela (Sucre).
- hyperythra Cabanis, 1851 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts) and N Venezuela (cordillera from Carabobo E to Miranda).
- coelestis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - extreme W Venezuela in Perijá Mts.
- mandeli Blake, 1940 - Mt Turumiquire, in extreme NE Venezuela (Sucre).
- dorbignyi (Boissonneau, 1840) - Andes of Venezuela (Lara S to Táchira) and Colombia (E slope of W Andes and both slopes of C & E ranges).
- decorata J. T. Zimmer, 1930 - Andes of Ecuador and Peru S on both slopes to Bolivia.
- sittoides (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) - Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to vicinity of Tucumán).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling softly, seen from below Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp hyperythra)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A ventral view of a bird perched and calling Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp hyperythra)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 10 sec 3.2
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Male - guarding the nest and foraging for flowers.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 14 March 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
female at the botanic gardens
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 10 September 2011 36 weeks ago 4 -
Male - perched on a small flowering shrub.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 27 March 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Female - perched in a small flowering shrub.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 27 March 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Male at the botanic gardens
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 10 September 2011 36 weeks ago 3.7 -
En una rama de una mermelada cerca de una ventana del apartamento donde vivo.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
Ambiró 13 December 2007 3 years ago 3.2
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