Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Greater Flower Piercer, Greater Flower-Piercer, Greater Flowerpiercer
Common Names in French:
Grand Percefleur
Common Names in German:
Strichelhakenschnabel
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
-
- Family:
Thraupidae
()
- Genus:
Diglossa
()
- Wagler, 1832
- Specific name:
major
- Subspecies:
major
- Scientific name: - Diglossa major major Cabanis, 1848
- Subspecies:
major
- Specific name:
major
- Genus:
Diglossa
(
- Family:
Thraupidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Diglossa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. albilatera (White-Sided Flower Piercer) · D. albilatera albilatera (White-Sided Flower Piercer) · D. baritula (Cinnamon-Bellied Flower Piercer) · D. baritula baritula (Cinnamon-Bellied Flower Piercer) · D. brunneiventris (Black-Throated Flower Piercer) · D. brunneiventris brunneiventris (Black-Throated Flower Piercer) · D. caerulescens (Bluish Flower-Piercer) · D. carbonaria (Gray-Bellied Flowerpiercer) · D. carbonaria carbonaria (Grey-Bellied Flower-Piercer) · D. cyanea (Masked Flower-Piercer) · D. duidae (Scaled Flower Piercer) · D. glauca (Deep-Blue Flower-Piercer) · D. gloriosa (M?rida Flower-Piercer) · D. gloriosissima (Chestnut-Bellied Flower Piercer) · D. humeralis (Black Flower Piercer) · D. indigotica (Indigo Flower-Piercer) · D. lafresnayii (Glossy Flower Piercer) · D. major (Greater Flower Piercer) · D. major major (Greater Flower Piercer) · D. mystacalis (Moustached Flower Piercer) · D. mystacalis mystacalis (Moustached Flower Piercer) · D. plumbea (Slaty Flower Piercer) · D. plumbea plumbea (Slaty Flower-Piercer) · D. sittoides (Rusty Flower Piercer) · D. venezuelensis (Venezuelan Flower Piercer)
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Further Reading
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 60.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850856
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 817012
