Burrowing parrot, Guia de Fauna. RutaChile

Familia: Psittacidae
Genero: Cyanoliseus
Nombre Cientifico: patagonus

Local Name: Tricagüe, barranquero parrot

Distribution in Chile: between the south of Atacama and Valdivia

Habitat: Forested areas at the foot of the mountain ranges.

Length: 43 - 47 cms.
Head and loin dark olive. White area surrounding the eye. Upper breasts whitish and lower olive green. Abdominal, legs, back and yellow supracaudal. Center of the orange abdomen. Subcaudales yellow olivaceo. Olive canopy covers. Blue primaries with grayish internal beard. Olivaceous gray tail. Dark gray hook and short hook. Pale pink legs

Easily identifiable by its large size, long tail and the bright yellow of the abdomen, the Tricahue has the same Choroy characteristic: gregarious and boisterous. The hubbub of the flock is heard far away, whether they are in flight or camouflaged among the branches of the trees.

To nest, it prefers caves in ravines, which also use the bedroom almost all year round. Hence, it is also called barranquero parrot. Inside the caves are deep, usually with the zigzag tunnel, where he places 2 eggs of white color semi-bright and quite rounded, with a size of 37 mm. x 31 mm. app

Countries where lives Loro Tricahue

ARGENTINA     CHILE     URUGUAY