Greater Flowerpiercer Diglossa major Scientific name definitions
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | punxaflors gros |
Croatian | velika cvjetarica |
Dutch | Grote berghoningkruiper |
English | Greater Flowerpiercer |
English (United States) | Greater Flowerpiercer |
French | Grand Percefleur |
French (Canada) | Grand Percefleur |
German | Strichelhakenschnabel |
Japanese | オオハナサシミツドリ |
Norwegian | storblomsterborer |
Polish | haczykodziobek duży |
Portuguese (Brazil) | fura-flor-grande |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Fura-flor-grande |
Russian | Большой цветокол |
Serbian | Velika bušilica |
Slovak | kvetárik veľký |
Spanish | Pinchaflor Grande |
Spanish (Spain) | Pinchaflor grande |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Robanéctar Tepuyero Mayor |
Swedish | större blomstickare |
Turkish | Büyük Çiçekdelen |
Ukrainian | Квіткокол великий |
Diglossa major Cabanis, 1849
Definitions
- DIGLOSSA
- major
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Introduction
No other Diglossa is found in the range of this, the largest flowerpiercer, which is endemic to the Pantepui region of southeastern Venezuela, adjacent Guyana, and northernmost Brazil. Its song—a scratchy rattling introduced by a series of tinkling notes—is seemingly quite different to that of any congeneric. Greater Flowerpiercer is an unmistakable bird, being mostly bluish slate on the head and body, but becoming darker over the upperparts with bluish shaft streaks on the crown and mantle, a black facial mask, a whitish submoustachial streak, and chestnut undertail coverts. It is confined to the slopes and summits of a few tepuis, usually in stunted woodland, and is most frequently encountered in pairs or alone.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding