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: The Three-striped Hemispingus is uncommon in humid montane forests and scrub of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 3000-3650 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hemispingo Trirrayado.
Sub-species: Three-striped Hemispingus (Microspingus trifasciatus), (Taczanowski), 1874.
Meaning of Name: Microspingus: Gr. Mikros= small, spingos= finch. trifasciatus: L. tri= three and fascia= band, fasciatus banded.
Formerly known as Hemispingus trifasciatus (2018).

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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.