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Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Black-eared Hemispingus (Hemispingus melanotis) - HBW 16, p. 167

French: Tangara barbouillé German: Schwarzwangenhemispingus Spanish: Hemispingo Orejinegro
Other common names: Black-eared Tanager

Taxonomy: Chlorospingus melanotis P. L. Sclater, 1855, “Bogotá”.
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, H. piurae and H. ochraceus usually treated as conspecific, but differ from one another markedly in plumage and habitat and all tentatively given full species rank; review warranted. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • melanotis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - Andes of W Venezuela (S Táchira) S on W slope of E Andes of Colombia (Santander and SE Boyacá S to head of Magdalena Valley, in Huila), also W Andes (E slope near Jardín, in Antioquia) and C Andes (Antioquia S to E slope in Nariño) of Colombia (probably also E slope of E Andes); also, E slope in Ecuador S to Tungurahua (Baños and Ambato) and in SE (Podocarpus National Park).
  • berlepschi (Taczanowski, 1880) - E slope of Andes in Peru from Amazonas S to N Cuzco.
  • castaneicollis (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - E slope in SE Peru (from Puno) S to C Bolivia (W Santa Cruz).

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