Andes of Trujillo, Mérida and northern Táchira, in western Venezuela.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, clearance for extensive cattle-ranching, agricultural colonisation, mining concessions and road-building, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Grey-capped Hemispingus (Kleinothraupis reyi) [XC50642]
by Joe Klaiber from PN Sierra Nevada (La Mucuy), Merida, Venezuela (sond)
Grey-capped Hemispingus (Kleinothraupis reyi) [XC254255]
by id from La Mucuy, Sierra Nevada NP, Merida, Venezuela (call)
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.