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Microspingus
Sign in to saveMicrospingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
Species
Black-capped Warbling-Finch
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae
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Microspingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
== Taxonomy and species list == A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the genus Microspingus was resurrected. It had been introduced in 1874 by the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski with the three-striped hemispingus as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with spingos meaning "finch".