Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Black-capped Hemispingus (Hemispingus atropileus) - HBW 16, p. 165

French: Tangara à calotte noire German: Schwarzkappenhemispingus Spanish: Hemispingo Capirotado
Other common names: Black-capped Tanager(!)

Taxonomy: Arremon atro-pileus Lafresnaye, 1842, Bolivia; error = Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus has been thought to belong with New World warblers (Parulidae), but recent molecular-genetic data support placement in present family; monophyly of genus questioned, supported by some molecular data, but other molecular data equivocal. This species may form a superspecies with H. auricularis and H. calophrys, and has been treated as conspecific with one or both of those; currently treated as separate species to emphasize plumage differences, pending additional study. Monotypic.

Distribution: W Venezuela (Andes in S Táchira) and generally in Andes of Colombia and on both slopes in Ecuador S to extreme NW Peru (N Piura N of R Marañón).