Adult (mystacalis) © Tini & Jacob Wijpkema eBird S51987623 Macaulay Library ML 137792201
Adult (albilinea) © Roger Ahlman
Adult (pectoralis) © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Adult (albilinea) © Paul Fenwick
Adult (albilinea) © Steven Liffmann
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Adult (albilinea) © Cory Gregory
Adult (unicincta) © John Bruin

Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis

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Identification

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Unmistakable black flowerpiercer with a bold white mustache and a reddish vent. Some subspecies have a variable red and white chest patch. Sexes similar. Resembles a tanager with a slender hooked bill, and tends to hold its body horizontal as it forages in low shrubs in humid habitats around and above the treeline. Its song is a rapid, jumbled series of high whistles.

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