Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Status: The Oleaginous Hemispingus is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1500-2600 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Hemispingo Oleaginoso.
Sub-species: Oleaginous Hemispingus (Sphenopsis frontalis frontalis), (Tschudi), 1844.
Meaning of Name: Sphenopsis: Gr. Sphēnos= wedge, opsis= appearance. frontalis: L. frons, frontis= forehead, brow, frontalis= fronted, frontal.
Formerly known as Hemispingus frontalis (2017).

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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.