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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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Records from Camino 1520-1636

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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
109267714/05/2013BoliviaDepartamento de La PazCamino 1520-163620Julian Quillen Vidoz
109267603/11/2011BoliviaDepartamento de La PazCamino 1520-16362Julian Quillen Vidoz
109267502/11/2011BoliviaDepartamento de La PazCamino 1520-16362Julian Quillen Vidoz
109267430/10/2011BoliviaDepartamento de La PazCamino 1520-16363Julian Quillen Vidoz
109267329/10/2011BoliviaDepartamento de La PazCamino 1520-16368Julian Quillen Vidoz
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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 19/09/2026.