Order: Passeriformes | Family: Passerellidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Status: The Short-billed Chlorospingus is fairly common but local in the canopy and sub-canopy of montane forests on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1100-2700 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Chlorospingo de Pico Corto.
Sub-species: Short-billed Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris huallagae), Carriker, 1933. E slope of E Andes from Colombia (Cundinamarca and Meta) S through Ecuador to NW Peru (La Libertad).
(C. p. medianus), J. T. Zimmer, 1947. E slope of Andes in C Peru (Junín and Urubamba regions).
(C. p. parvirostris), Chapman, 1901. E slope of Andes in SE Peru and adjacent Bolivia.
Meaning of Name: Chlorospingus: Gr. khlōros= green andspingos a form of spinos; probably identical to a spiza finch. parvirostris: L. parvus small; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.