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Sphenopsis melanotis

Black-eared Hemispingus


Sphenopsis melanotis

(Sclater, PL, 1855)
Hemispingus de Antifaz
Family: Thraupidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Hemispingus melanotis, Chlorospingus melanotis.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


The black-eared hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in humid highland forest in the Andes of western Venezuela, through to western Bolivia. It includes several distinctive subspecies, and two of these are sometimes considered as separate species: the western hemispingus (S. ochraceus) of the west Andean slope in southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, and the Piura hemispingus (S. piurae) of the west Andean slope in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

Source: Wikipedia, article Sphenopsis melanotis. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 11

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Photography ID: 677708
  Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/18/2025
Jorge Schlemmer
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Photography ID: 505325
  Adult
San Isidro
Napo
Ecuador
05/23/2019
Nino A. Grangetto
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Photography ID: 495834
  Adult
Papallacta
Napo
Ecuador
05/18/2022
Carlos Schmidt
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Photography ID: 308164
  Adult
Parque Arqueológico Pisac
Cuzco
Peru
07/13/2018
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
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Photography ID: 285527
  Adult
Miraflores
Boyacá
Colombia
09/05/2018
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
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Photography ID: 272280
  Adult
Manu Road
Cuzco
Peru
05/22/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
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Photography ID: 250409
♂  Adult
Rio Blanco, Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
04/13/2014
Jose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
Foto
Photography ID: 163310
  Adult
Valle de Tandayapa
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/07/2014
Carmelo López Abad
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Photography ID: 161347
  Adult
Manu Road
Cuzco
Peru
07/19/2016
Adrian Antunez
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Photography ID: 26930
  Adult
Reserva Natural Chicaque
Cundinamarca
Colombia
07/07/2013
Pablo Eguia


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Species records

Count: 56



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244694718/07/2025ColombiaCaldasReserva Ecológica Río Blanco, ManizalesJorge Schlemmer
235410318/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaReserva Ecológica Río Blanco--lodge3Pablo Eguia
234673918/07/2025ColombiaCaldasReserva Ecológica Río Blanco, Manizales3Nino A. Grangetto
230425923/05/2025ColombiaCaldasReserva Ecológica Río Blanco, ManizalesCarlos Schmidt
260220921/10/2024BoliviaDepartamento de La PazApa Apa Reserve--Upper Forest3Giselle Mangini
260220820/10/2024BoliviaDepartamento de La PazApa Apa Reserve--Upper Forest3Giselle Mangini
260221014/07/2022EcuadorPichinchaBellavista--camino a la estación científica (research station road)1Giselle Mangini
261702307/06/2022EcuadorNapoYanayacu Biological Station4Giselle Mangini
159178918/05/2022EcuadorNapoGuango lodge, PapallactaCarlos Schmidt
157881908/04/2022PeruCuzcoIpal ecolodge, IpalMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Black-eared Hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 09/10/2026.