Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris

Chilean name: Comesebo negro

Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Chile, February 2007 - click for larger image Putre, Chile
February 2007

The Black-throated Flowerpiercer is distributed in the Andes of Peru between about 2,500m and 4,000m with a few individuals found in northern Chile. There is also a disjunct population in northern Colombia which was only discovered in 1980.

Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Chile, February 2007 - click for larger image It is found in shrub and forest borders where it uses its curious up-turned and hooked bill to pierce the base of flowers to get at the nectar.

It is mainly black above and rufous-chestnut below with a black throat.

There is a recording of its tinkly song at xeno-canto.

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