Bluish Flowerpiercer

Bluish Flowerpiercer

Diglossa caerulescens

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Bogota

In 3 days <5%

14 Verified sightings at Bogota
429 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bluish Flowerpiercer

The bluish flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid montane forest in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song1:08

Colombia · 2022

© Rolf A. de By · XC726054 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:18

Colombia · 2021

© Peter Boesman · XC693472 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Flight call0:18

Ecuador · 1996

© John V. Moore · XC259539 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
2 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
4 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bluish Flowerpiercer in Bogota?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bluish Flowerpiercer sighting in Bogota on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 194th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bluish Flowerpiercer in Bogota?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bluish Flowerpiercer in Bogota on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Bluish Flowerpiercer?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bluish Flowerpiercer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Bluish Flowerpiercer?

Only Bogota, in our data

Bogota is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bluish Flowerpiercer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Bluish Flowerpiercer live in Bogota?

Same genus: Diglossa

The closest relatives of the Bluish Flowerpiercer that you can see in Bogota (genus Diglossa, Flowerpiercers) are Black Flowerpiercer (about 30%) and Rusty Flowerpiercer (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bluish Flowerpiercer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bluish Flowerpiercer is recorded against all the birds logged in Bogota (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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