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 LC    Black-headed Hemispingus* Id (Atlas):
    Pseudospingus verticalis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black-headed Hemispingus, Black-headed Tanager(!)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,700 - 3,600 m, occasionally down to 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Andes in western Venezuela (southern Táchira), Colombia (western range in Antioquia, central range south to Nariño, and eastern range in Cundinamarca), Ecuador (eastern slope in Carchi, Napo and Zamora-Chinchipe) and northern Peru (Piura, near Piuraâ€"Cajamarca border).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Black-headed Hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis) [XC98774]
     by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from San Andres-Jimbura road, Cordillera Las Lagunillas, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (song)

 
Black-headed Hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis) [XC242722]
     by Oscar Humberto Mar\u00edn G\u00f3mez from Napo: 4.5 km below Oyacachi, Ecuador (call, song, twitter song, calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus has been thought to belong with New World warblers (Parulidae), but recent molecular-genetic data support placement in present family. The monophyly of genus questioned. It is supported by some molecular data, but other molecular data equivocal. Forms a superspecies with Drab Hemispingus (Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus), both formerly placed in separate genus, Pseudospingus.


References
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Files:
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