Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea) [XC389228]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Nazar\u00e9 Paulista, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea) [XC172639]
by Douglas Meyer from Cotipor\u00e3, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been merged with Euphonia. Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that both genera belong in family Fringillidae. Nominate subspecies extremely isolated geographically. Other subspecies may be better split off as a distinct species. Subspecies psittacina, frontalis and minuscula are all very similar, and may not warrant subspecific separation.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
psittacina Bangs, 1902 - Santa Marta Mts, in northern Colombia.
frontalis (Sclater, PL, 1851) - Mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón and Lara east to Miranda).
minuscula Hellmayr, 1922 - Mountains of north-eastern Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Monagas and Sucre).
intensa Zimmer, JT, 1943 - Western slope of western Andes (in Caldas and Valle), in Colombia.
longipennis (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) - Andes from western Venezuela (southern from southern Lara) southern generally through Colombian ranges (except western slope of western Andes), Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia (to Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz).
roraimae Salvin & Godman, 1884 - Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar) east to Guyana and in mountains of extreme north-western Brazil (R Padauirí, on Venezuela border).
cyanea (Thunberg, 1822) - South-eastern Brazil (southern from southern Bahia) south to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet