Black-eared Hemispingus
Sphenopsis melanotis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Sphenopsis
- eBird Code
- bkehem2
Subspecies (3)
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Sphenopsis melanotis berlepschi
east slope of the Andes of northern and central Peru (from south of the Marañón to the Urubamba Valley in Cusco)
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Sphenopsis melanotis castaneicollis
east slope of Andes of southeastern Peru (southeastern Cusco and Puno) and Bolivia (southward to western Santa Cruz)
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Sphenopsis melanotis melanotis
southern Venezuelan Andes, Andes of Colombia, and east slope of the Andes of Ecuador and northernmost Peru
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.