Hemispingus

Last updated April 06, 2025

Hemispingus is a former scientific genus name of slender-billed tanagers in the family Thraupidae in highland forest in South America, especially in the Andes. The name is retained in the common name for several species of birds previously included in the genus:

Black-headed hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis, syn. Hemispingus verticalis
Drab hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus, syn. Hemispingus xanthophthalmus
Slaty-backed hemispingus Poospiza goeringi, syn. Hemispingus goeringi
Rufous-browed hemispingus Poospiza rufosuperciliaris, syn. Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris
Grey-capped hemispingus Kleinothraupis reyi, syn. Hemispingus reyi
Black-capped hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus, syn. Hemispingus atropileus
White-browed hemispingus Kleinothraupis auricularis, syn. Hemispingus auricularis
Orange-browed hemispingus Kleinothraupis calophrys, syn. Hemispingus calophrys
Parodi's hemispingus Kleinothraupis parodii, syn. Hemispingus parodii
Oleaginous hemispingus Sphenopsis frontalis, syn. Hemispingus frontalis
Black-eared hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis, syn. Hemispingus melanotis
Western hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea, syn. Hemispingus ochraceus
Piura hemispingus Sphenopsis piurae, syn. Hemispingus piurae
Superciliaried hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris, syn. Hemispingus superciliaris
Three-striped hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus, syn. Hemispingus trifasciatus

The genus Hemispingus, described by Cabanis in 1851 for Hemispingus superciliaris,^[1] became superfluous when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that this species was embedded in the larger genus Thlypopsis .^[2] The name means "half finch", from Greek, hemi, half, and spingos, a finch.^[3]

References

↑ Cabanis, Jean Louis; Heine, Ferdinand (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt /. Halbertstadt: In Commission bei R. Frantz. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.112135 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
↑ Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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[1] Cabanis, Jean Louis; Heine, Ferdinand (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt /. Halbertstadt: In Commission bei R. Frantz. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.112135 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.

[2] Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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