Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea) - HBW 16, p. 299

French: Organiste à nuque bleue German: Grünorganist Spanish: Clorofonia Nuquiazul
Other common names: Blue-naped Tanager

Taxonomy: Pipra cyanea Thunberg, 1822, locality uncertain, possibly Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Genus has sometimes been merged with Euphonia; recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that both genera belong in family Fringillidae. Nominate race extremely isolated geographically; other races may be better split off as a distinct species. Races psittacina, frontalis and minuscula are all very similar, and may not warrant subspecific separation. Seven subspecies tentatively recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

psittacina Bangs, 1902 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
frontalis (P. L. Sclater, 1851) - mountains of N Venezuela (Falcón and Lara E to Miranda).
minuscula Hellmayr, 1922 - mountains of NE Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Monagas and Sucre).

See all 7 subspecies

psittacina Bangs, 1902 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
frontalis (P. L. Sclater, 1851) - mountains of N Venezuela (Falcón and Lara E to Miranda).
minuscula Hellmayr, 1922 - mountains of NE Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Monagas and Sucre).
intensa J. T. Zimmer, 1943 - W slope of W Andes (in Caldas and Valle), in Colombia.
longipennis (du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) - Andes from W Venezuela (S from S Lara) S generally through Colombian ranges (except W slope of W Andes), Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia (to Cochabamba and W Santa Cruz).
roraimae Salvin & Godman, 1884 - tepuis of S Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar) E to Guyana and in mountains of extreme NW Brazil (R Padauirí, on Venezuela border).
cyanea (Thunberg, 1822) - SE Brazil (S from S Bahia) S to E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).