Western Hemispingus
Sphenopsis ochracea(Berlepsch, HHCL; Taczanowski, W, 1884)
English (US) Western Hemispingus
The Western Hemispingus (Sphenopsis ochracea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: west slope of Andes of southwestern Colombia (Nariño) and western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sphenopsis ochracea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Hemispingus
- Described by
- (Berlepsch, HHCL; Taczanowski, W, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chlorospingus ochraceus
- Described by
- (Berlepsch, HHCL; Taczanowski, W, 1884)
- Type locality
- Cayandeled and Chaguarpata, western Ecuador; type from Cayandeled, fide Berlepsch, 1912, Verh. V Intern. Ornith. Kongr., Berlin, 1911, p. 1095.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884, pt.3 p.291, pl. XXIV, fig. 1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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