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Genus: Sphenopsis (4 species)


Oleaginous Hemispingus
Oleaginous Hemispingus (Sphenopsis frontalis frontalis)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A plainly colored species where the male looks like it might be a female. Oleaginous means oily.

Black-eared Hemispingus
Black-eared Hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis melanotis)
Range: SA: w Venezuela to wc Bolivia
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-eared Hemispingus
Black-eared Hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis castaneicollis)
Range: SA: w Venezuela to wc Bolivia
Apa Apa, La Paz, Bolivia
  The redder castaneicollis subspecies found in southeast Peru and Bolivia. 		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Western Hemispingus
Western Hemispingus (Sphenopsis ochracea)
Range: SA: sw Colombia and w Ecuador
Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua, Pichincha province, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the Black-eared Hemispingus.

Piura Hemispingus
Piura Hemispingus (Sphenopsis piurae piurae)
Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru
Loja, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the Black-eared Hemispingus, and found in bamboo patches in southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru (Athanas).

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