Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Chlorophonia
eBird Code
blnchl1

Vocalizations

Martin Vallejos · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.