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Rusty flowerpiercer

Diglossa sittoides (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

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The rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9 g to 9.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides)
Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the rusty flowerpiercer

Weight
9 g – 9.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the rusty flowerpiercer

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Rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides)
Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the rusty flowerpiercer live?

Not recorded

What is the rusty flowerpiercer?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Rusty flowerpiercer” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rusty_flowerpiercer&oldid=1379908946), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the rusty flowerpiercer endangered?

The rusty flowerpiercer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the rusty flowerpiercer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusDiglossa
  7. SpeciesDiglossa sittoides (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

Synonyms Diglossa baritula sittoides

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Rusty flower-piercerEnglish
  • Rusty flower-piercerEnglish
  • punxaflor ferruginósCatalan
  • háčkozobec rezavýCzech
  • Rustfarvet BlomsterborerDanish
  • Rostbauch-HakenschnabelGerman
  • rusta florpikantoEsperanto
  • Pinchaflor ferrugíneoSpanish
  • Payador canelaSpanish
  • rusovatsapuhkojaFinnish
  • Percefleur rouilleuxFrench
  • sivoleđa cvjetaricaCroatian
  • Bucafiori rugginosoItalian
  • ムネアカハナサシミツドリJapanese
  • rūdžiaspalvis riestasnapisLithuanian
  • KleverberghoningkruiperDutch
  • rustblomsterborerNorwegian
  • haczykodziobek rdzawobrzuchyPolish
  • Fura-flor-ferrugemPortuguese
  • fura-flor-ferrugíneoPortuguese
  • Поползневый цветоколRussian
  • Поползневый крючкоклювRussian
  • kvetárik hrdzavobruchýSlovak
  • Riđotrba bušilicaSerbian
  • rostblomstickareSwedish
  • Pas Rengi ÇiçekdelenTurkish
  • квіткокол рудочеревийUkrainian
  • 鏽紅刺花鳥Chinese
  • 锈色刺花鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the rusty flowerpiercer

Other species in the same genus Diglossa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rusty flowerpiercer?

An adult rusty flowerpiercer weighs 9 g – 9.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the rusty flowerpiercer endangered?

The rusty flowerpiercer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the rusty flowerpiercer?

The rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rusty-flowerpiercer

MLA

“Rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rusty-flowerpiercer.

BibTeX
@misc{rusty_flowerpiercer_2026,
  title = {Rusty flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rusty-flowerpiercer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}