Bluish flowerpiercer

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Bluish flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens) is a small bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It lives in humid montane forests in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Chordata; Class Aves; Order Passeriformes; Family Thraupidae; Genus Diglossa; Species caerulescens. Binomial name Diglossa caerulescens, described by Sclater in 1856. Synonym: Diglossopis caerulescens.