Greater Flowerpiercer

Diglossa major - Grand Percefleur

Grand Percefleur
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Thraupidés

  • Genus
    :

    Diglossa

  • Species
    :

    major

Descriptor

Cabanis, 1849

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 17 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Greater Flowerpiercer (Diglossa major) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Diglossa major major (Cerro Roraima, Cerro Cuquenán and Uei-tepui. se Venezuela, w Guyana and n Brazil.)
  • Diglossa major gilliardi (Auyán-tepui. se Venezuela.)
  • Diglossa major disjuncta (tepuis on W side of Gran Sabana. se Venezuela.)
  • Diglossa major chimantae (Chimantá-tepui. se Venezuela.)

Foreign names

  • Grand Percefleur,
  • Pinchaflor grande,
  • fura-flor-grande,
  • Strichelhakenschnabel,
  • Grote Berghoningkruiper,
  • Bucafiori maggiore,
  • större blomstickare,
  • Storblomsterborer,
  • kvetárik veľký,
  • háčkozobec větší,
  • Stor Blomsterborer,
  • isopuhkoja,
  • punxaflor gros,
  • haczykodziobek duży,
  • Большой крючкоклюв,
  • オオハナサシミツドリ,
  • 大刺花鸟,
  • större blomstickare,
  • 大刺花鳥,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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