Masked Flowerpiercer
Diglossa cyanea
(L 5.75")
In Venezuela, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
...has a bright red iris.
Yanacocha Reserve
13Jan2011
Diglossa in Greek means double-
tongued; cyanea means dark blue.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly.
(Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg)
© Mitch
Lysinger
xeno-canto