Cyanoliseus | |
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Burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Tribe: | Arini |
Genus: |
Cyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854 |
Species | |
Cyanoliseus is a genus of parrot that contains a single living species, the burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus).
Two fossil species are known from the Pleistocene: Cyanoliseus patagonopsis [1] and Cyanoliseus ensenadensis, which was formerly placed in Pionus. [2] Both fossils have been found in Argentina and are among the few extinct prehistoric representatives of extant parrot genera.
Cyanoliseus | |
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Burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Tribe: | Arini |
Genus: |
Cyanoliseus Bonaparte, 1854 |
Species | |
Cyanoliseus is a genus of parrot that contains a single living species, the burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus).
Two fossil species are known from the Pleistocene: Cyanoliseus patagonopsis [1] and Cyanoliseus ensenadensis, which was formerly placed in Pionus. [2] Both fossils have been found in Argentina and are among the few extinct prehistoric representatives of extant parrot genera.