Cyanoliseus, Bonaparte, 1854

Smith, Brian Tilston, Thom, Gregory & Joseph, Leo, 2024, Revised Evolutionary And Taxonomic Synthesis For Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) Guided By Phylogenomic Analysis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (468), pp. 1-87 : 41

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Cyanoliseus View in CoL

Cyanoliseus comprises one polytypic species,

C. patagonus View in CoL , of southern South America. Its placement in a monotypic genus is absolutely warranted by its phenotypic uniqueness stemming from unusually brownish-olive plumage, orange belly plumage fringed yellow and its large-bodied, long-tailed morphology. Further, it obligatorily rather than opportunistically nests in holes in cliffs, one of just a few parrots to do so. The biology of the species has been extensively studied (e.g., Masello and Quillfeldt, 2004a, 2004b; Masello et al., 2006) and intraspecific genetic diversity has been addressed by Masello et al. (2011, 2015). It continues to challenge accurate phylogenetic placement. We found it to be one of several long branches diverging from very short internodes in the Arini suggesting it as possibly sister to the assemblage of macaws and their allies (e.g., Aratinga View in CoL and their conurelike allies; fig. 9).

References

Masello, J. F., and P. Quillfeldt. 2004 a. Are haematological parameters related to body condition, ornamentation and breeding success in wild burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus? Journal of Avian Biology 35: 445 - 454.

Masello, J F., and P. Quillfeldt. 2004 b. Consequences of La Nina phase of ENSO for the survival and growth of nestling Burrowing Parrots on the Atlantic coast of South America. Emu - Austral Ornithology 104: 337 - 346.

Masello, J. F., M. L. Pagnossin, C. Sommer, and P. Quillfeldt. 2006. Population size, provisioning frequency, flock size and foraging range at the largest known colony of Psittaciformes: the Burrowing Parrots of the north-eastern Patagonian coastal cliffs. Emu - Austral Ornithology 106: 69 - 79.

Masello, J. F., et al. 2011. The high Andes, gene flow and a stable hybrid zone shape the genetic structure of a wide-ranging South American parrot. Frontiers in Zoology 8: 16.

Masello, J. F., et al. 2015. The interplay of spatial and climatic landscapes in the genetic distribution of a South American parrot. Journal of Biogeography 42: 1077 - 1090.