Pseudospingus

Pseudospingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forests in South America.

Pseudospingus
Black-headed hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Pseudospingus Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896
Type species
Dacnis xanthophthalma Taczanowski, 1874
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

The two species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Hemispingus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Hemispingus was polyphyletic and as part of the subsequent rearrangement, the genus Pseudospingus was resurrected for these two species.^[1][2][3] The genus had been introduced by Hans von Berlepsch and Jean Stolzmann in 1896.^[3][4] The type species was subsequently designated as the drab hemispingus.^[5][6] The name Pseudospingus comes from Ancient Greek ψεύδος (pseúdos), meaning "false", and σπίγγος (spíngos), meaning "finch".^[7]

Species

The two species in the genus are:^[3]

Genus Pseudospingus – Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Drab hemispingus	Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus (Taczanowski, 1874)	Bolivia and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-headed hemispingus	Pseudospingus verticalis (Lafresnaye, 1840)	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC