Black-eared Hemispingus
Sphenopsis melanotis
Small warblerlike tanager found in the Andes from extreme western Venezuela to Bolivia. Brownish above and tawny-orange below, with color concentrated on the breast. Note gray nape and crown, and black cheek. Some geographic variation: birds on west slope of Andes in Ecuador and Colombia are dullest with no black cheek, while birds in northwest Peru and southern Ecuador are brightest below with a bold white eyebrow. Usually uncommon; found in pairs in the understory or middle levels of montane forests and edges from around 1,400–2,500 m. Especially apt to be found in areas with chusquea bamboo. Listen for its sputtering chatter.
识别特征
The black-eared hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in humid highland forest in the Andes of western Venezuela, through to western Bolivia. It includes several distinctive subspecies, and two of these are sometimes considered as separate species: the western hemispingus (S. ochraceus) of the west Andean slope in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, and the Piura hemispingus (S. piurae) of the west Andean slope in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru.
分类信息
Genus: Sphenopsis; Family: Thraupidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- 学名
- Sphenopsis melanotis
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Thraupidae
- 属
- Sphenopsis
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