Microspingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic.[1] 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.[2][3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with spingos meaning "finch".[5]
The genus Microspingus is the sister taxon to a clade containing the black-backed bush tanager in the monospecific genus Urothraupis and the Pardusco in the monospecific genus Nephelornis.[1][3]
The genus contains eight species:[4]
Microspingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
