Black-eared Hemispingus

SCI Name:  Sphenopsis melanotis
Protonym:  Chlorospingus melanotis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1854) (1854), Pt22 no.269 p.157 pl.68
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sphenopsis
Taxonomy Code:  blehem1
Type Locality:  'Bogota, Colombia.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

SPHENOPSIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Oleaginous Hemispingus S. frontalis ignobilis) Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos  wedge; οψις opsis  appearance; "Sphenopsis, genus novum ex familia Dendrocolaptidarum, affine Philydori et ejusmodi formis plerumque Anabatis dictis.  ...  Typ. et sp. unica S. ignobilis, sp. nov.  ...  It is remarkable for the short, straight, conical bill, in which it differs from all the allied species that I am acquainted with" (P. Sclater 1861); Sclater believed his single imperfect specimen to be a furnarid allied to Philydor.
Var. Sphenops (Gr. ωψ ōps countenance).

MELANOTIS
(Mimidae; Ϯ Blue Mockingbird M. caerulescens) Specific name Turdus melanotis Temminck, 1830 (< Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear); "573. Melanotis, Bp. (Mimus, p. Boie. - Orpheus, p. Sw. - Turdus, p. Gr.)   Mexico.  1.  TURDUS melanotis, Temm. nec Gould. (Orpheus caerulescens, Sw. - Melanotis caerulescens, Bp.) Pl. col. 498.  ex Mexico." (Bonaparte 1850); "Melanotis Bonaparte, 1850, Consp. Gen. Av., 1, p. 276. Type, by monotypy, Turdus melanotis Temminck = Orpheus caerulescens Swainson." (Davis & Miller in Peters 1960, IX, 441).

melanotis
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.

SUBSPECIES

Black-eared Hemispingus (Black-eared)
SCI Name: Sphenopsis melanotis [melanotis Group]
SPHENOPSIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Oleaginous Hemispingus S. frontalis ignobilis) Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos  wedge; οψις opsis  appearance; "Sphenopsis, genus novum ex familia Dendrocolaptidarum, affine Philydori et ejusmodi formis plerumque Anabatis dictis.  ...  Typ. et sp. unica S. ignobilis, sp. nov.  ...  It is remarkable for the short, straight, conical bill, in which it differs from all the allied species that I am acquainted with" (P. Sclater 1861); Sclater believed his single imperfect specimen to be a furnarid allied to Philydor.
Var. Sphenops (Gr. ωψ ōps countenance).

Black-eared Hemispingus (Western)
SCI Name: Sphenopsis melanotis ochracea
ochracea
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous, ochreous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow-ochre.

Black-eared Hemispingus (Piura)
SCI Name: Sphenopsis melanotis piurae/macrophrys
SPHENOPSIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Oleaginous Hemispingus S. frontalis ignobilis) Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos  wedge; οψις opsis  appearance; "Sphenopsis, genus novum ex familia Dendrocolaptidarum, affine Philydori et ejusmodi formis plerumque Anabatis dictis.  ...  Typ. et sp. unica S. ignobilis, sp. nov.  ...  It is remarkable for the short, straight, conical bill, in which it differs from all the allied species that I am acquainted with" (P. Sclater 1861); Sclater believed his single imperfect specimen to be a furnarid allied to Philydor.
Var. Sphenops (Gr. ωψ ōps countenance).