A small blue bird perched on the end of a thin branch. The branches end in clusters of light-green, pointed leaves and small pinkish berries. The bird has a larger, blue-gray berry impaled on the tip of its thin, black bill with a hooked tip. Its face has a black mask and its eyes are bright red.

Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea), Jardin Botanico de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador, October 2025. 🌿🪶 #birds
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