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Slaty Flowerpiercer
Diglossa plumbea Cabanis, 1861
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Slaty Flowerpiercer, Diglossa plumbea, is a passerine of the montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. It belongs to the tanager family and was described by Cabanis in 1861. In its breeding range it occurs from middle elevations up to high mountain habitats, including forest canopy, forest margins, sunny openings, flowering shrub patches and gardens, and it is also present above the tree line in páramo. It has a hooked bill adapted for piercing flowers, and the species is known for taking nectar through holes it makes in blossoms.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and w Panama
