Pseudospingus is a
genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family
Thraupidae. They are found in highland forests in
South America.
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 combines the
Ancient Greekpseudos meaning "false" or "another" with spingos meaning "finch".[7]
^Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2.
PMID27394344.