Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Grey-capped Hemispingus (Hemispingus reyi) - HBW 16, p. 167

French: Tangara à calotte grise German: Graukappenhemispingus Spanish: Hemispingo Coronigrís
Other common names: Grey-capped Tanager

Taxonomy: Chlorospingus reyi Berlepsch, 1885, Mérida, Venezuela.
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. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of Trujillo, Mérida and N Táchira, in W Venezuela.