Blue-naped Chlorophonia

SCI Name:  Chlorophonia cyanea
Protonym:  Pipra cyanea Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 8 p.284 pl.8 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Chlorophonia
Taxonomy Code:  blnchl1
Type Locality:  Rio de Janeiro [reference not verified].
Author:  Thunberg
Publish Year:  1822
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHLOROPHONIA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Blue-naped Chlorophonia C. cyanea) Gr. χλωρος khlōros  green; genus Euphonia Desmarest, 1806, euphonia; "Le nom de CHLOROPHONIA pourra s'appliquer aux Euphones vertes, si remarquables par leurs formes de Procnias.   1. CHLOROPHONIA VIRIDIS, Bp. (Tanagra viridis, Vieill. — Procnias viridis, Caban. — Euphonia viridis, Gr.), Pl. col. 36, 5, ex Brasil.  ...  2. CHLOROPHONIA OCCIPITALIS, Bp. (Euphonia occipitalis, Dubus), Esq. Orn., t. 14, ex Mexico merid.  ...  3. CHLOROPHONIA PRETRII, Bp. (Tanagra pretrei, Lafr. nec Less. — Euphonia pretrei, Gr.), Mag. Zool, 1843, Ois., t. 42, ex Columbia. " (Bonaparte 1851); "Chlorophonia Bonaparte, 1851, Rev. Mag. Zool. [Paris], ser. 2, 3, p. 137. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 74), Tanagra viridis Vieillot = Pipra cyanea Thunberg." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 355).
Var. Chloreuphonia.
Synon. Acrocompsa, Triglyphidia.

cyane / cyanea
L. cyaneus  dark-blue, sea-blue, greenish-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  cyanea.  17. L. cærulea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Chinens. Lagerstr. 18.  Coccothraustes cæruleus. Edw. av. 125. t. 125.  Habitat in Angola." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cyanocompsa brissonii).
● "111. TANAGRA.  ...  cyanea.  6. T. cyanea, rectricibus fuscis.  Linaria cærulea. Catesb. car. I. p. 45. t. 45. Edw. av. 2. p. 132. t. 273. f. 2.  Habitat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1766) (Passerina).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à collier du Sénégal” (= ♂) and “Gobe-mouche à gorge rousse du Sénégal” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760 (Platysteira).
● ex “Ultramarine Roller” of Latham 1781 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (psittacina)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea psittacina
psittacina / psittacinus
L. psittacinus  of a parrot, parrot- (e.g. parrot-coloured, parrot-billed)  < psittacus  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos  parrot.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (intensa)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea intensa
intensa
L. intensus violent, intense, stretched < intendere to strain (cf. Late L. intensus eager, strong, intense).

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (longipennis)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea longipennis
longipennis
L. longus  long; -pennis  -winged, -feathered  < penna  feather.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (frontalis)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea frontalis
frontale / frontalis
L. frontalis  fronted, frontal  < frontalia or frontale  frontlet  < frons, frontis  forehead, brow (ref. distinctive, contrastingly coloured forehead patch, usually black or red).
● ex “Faucon Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 28 (syn. Crinifer piscator).
● Front Range, Rocky Mts., Colorado, USA (syn. Otus flammeolus).
● ex “Perruche Ara à Bandeau Rouge” of Levaillant 1801 (Pyrrhura).

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (minuscula)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea minuscula
minuscula / minusculus
L. minusculus  rather small  < dim. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (roraimae)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea roraimae
roraima / roraimae
Mt. Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana (= Guyana)/ Venezuela.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (cyanea)
SCI Name: Chlorophonia cyanea cyanea
cyane / cyanea
L. cyaneus  dark-blue, sea-blue, greenish-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  cyanea.  17. L. cærulea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Chinens. Lagerstr. 18.  Coccothraustes cæruleus. Edw. av. 125. t. 125.  Habitat in Angola." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Cyanocompsa brissonii).
● "111. TANAGRA.  ...  cyanea.  6. T. cyanea, rectricibus fuscis.  Linaria cærulea. Catesb. car. I. p. 45. t. 45. Edw. av. 2. p. 132. t. 273. f. 2.  Habitat in Carolina." (Linnaeus 1766) (Passerina).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à collier du Sénégal” (= ♂) and “Gobe-mouche à gorge rousse du Sénégal” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760 (Platysteira).
● ex “Ultramarine Roller” of Latham 1781 (unident.).