Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Chlorophonia

Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Chlorophonia cyanea cyanea

Paraguay to southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia) and northeastern Argentina (Misiones); partial migrant, reaching Uruguay and Argentina mainly in winter
Chlorophonia cyanea frontalis

mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón and Lara to Miranda)
Chlorophonia cyanea intensa

west slope of western Andes of Colombia (Caldas and Valle)
Chlorophonia cyanea longipennis

Andes of eastern Colombia to western Venezuela, eastern Peru, and Bolivia (southeastward to western Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca)
Chlorophonia cyanea minuscula

coastal mountains of northeastern Venezuela
Chlorophonia cyanea psittacina

Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)
Chlorophonia cyanea roraimae

southern Venezuela to Guyana and far northwestern Brazil

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.