Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northeast Andes, Peru
Status: The Black-headed Hemispingus is common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes on the north and west side of the Marañon Valley at elevations ranging between 2700-2950 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Hemispingo de Cabeza Negra.
Sub-species: Black-headed Hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis), (Lafresnaye), 1840.
Meaning of Name: Pseudospingus: Gr. Pseudos= false and spingos= finch. verticalis: L. vertex, verticis= crown of the head, verticalis= crowned.
Formerly known as Hemispingus verticalis.
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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.