White-browed Hemispingus - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by Stanley Jones
Lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru, November 2013

Alternative name: Puno Hemispingus

Kleinothraupis auricularis

Hemispingus auricularis

Identification

15-16cm.

• Sooty-black crown and side of head
• Long, narrow white supercilium from nostril to nape
• Brownish-olive upperparts
• Dull greyish-olive tail
• Olive-yellow underparts

• Some shows ochre-yellow on throat and upper breast

• Dark reddish-brown eye

Sexes similar. Immatures similar but duller.

Distribution

Andes of eastern Peru (Amazonas to Cuzco)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

This species has recently been split from Black-capped Hemispingus

Habitat

Moist, dense montane forests, especially with bamboo.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Hilty, S. (2020). Black-capped Hemispingus (Kleinothraupis atropileus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blchem1.01

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-browed Hemispingus. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-browed_Hemispingus

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