Blue-naped Chlorophonia

About the Blue-naped Chlorophonia

The blue-naped chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay.

The blue-naped chlorophonia was originally described in 1822 with the binomial Pipra cyanea, mistakenly identifying it as a manakin. It was eventually reassigned to genus Chlorophonia that was erected in 1851. The genus Chlorophonia was long placed in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. Multiple studies in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries resulted in its being reassigned to its present place in the family Fringillidae.

The blue-naped chlorophonia has these seven subspecies: C. c. psittacina Bangs, 1902 C. c. frontalis (Sclater, PL, 1851) C. c. minuscula Hellmayr, 1922 C. c. roraimae Salvin & Godman, 1884 C. c. intensa Zimmer, JT, 1943 C. c. longipennis (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)

C. c. cyanea (Thunberg, 1822) The blue-naped chlorophonia is a chunky, short-tailed, stubby-billed bird. It is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 11 to 15 g (0.39 to 0.53 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic... Wikipedia →