Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Malaga, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Malaga, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Malaga, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Malaga, Cuzco
Status: Endemic. The Parodi’s Hemispingus is common montane forests of the east slope of the southeastern Andes at elevations ranging between 2600-3500 m.
Name in Spanish: Hemispingo de Parodi.
Sub-species: Parodi’s Hemispingus (Kleinothraupis parodii), Weske and Terborgh, 1974.
Meaning of Name: Kleinothraupis: Kleino: In honor of Nedra Kathryn Klein (1951-2001) American ornithologist. Gr. Thraupis= unidentified small bird, perhaps some kind of finch, mentioned by Aristotle. parodii: In honor of José Guillermo Parodi Vargas (1930-2012) Peruvian politician and landowner.
Formerly known as Hemispingus parodii (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.