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 NT    Grey-capped Hemispingus* Id (Atlas):
    Kleinothraupis reyi Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-capped Hemispingus, Gray-capped Hemispingus, Grey-capped Tanager, Gray-capped Tanager

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Berlepsch, 1885)

Habitat
In or near Chusquea bamboo in montane and elfin forest and shrubby forest edge. From 2,150 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Venezuela (B).

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
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.


References
See References.


Files:
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