Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer

Diglossa baritula Wagler, 1832

Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies

Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer, Diglossa baritula, is a passerine in the tanager family found in Middle America from Mexico to Nicaragua. It occurs in Mexico and also in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Its breeding range is in this same region. The bird is noted for taking nectar without carrying out pollination, and it uses subtropical or tropical moist montane forest as well as heavily altered former forest. Described by Wagler in 1832, it belongs to the family Thraupidae.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Breeding range
Middle America: Mexico to Nicaragua
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer
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