- Chlorophonia cyanea
Identification
11 cm (4¼ in)
Male
- Glistening yellowish-green head, throat and chest
- Blue nape, back and upper tail
- Yellow underparts
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- C. c. psittacina:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- C. c. intensa:
- Western slope of Western Andes of Colombia (Caldas and Valle)
- C. c. longipennis:
- C. c. frontalis:
- Mountains of northern Venezuela (Falc¢n and Lara to Miranda)
- C. c. minuscula:
- Coastal mountains of north-eastern Venezuela
- C. c. roraimae:
- C. c. cyanea:
Habitat
Atlantic forest and forest edges and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of fruit and berries, with the addition of a few insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blue-naped Chlorophonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blue-naped_Chlorophonia


