Habitat
Arid lowland and montane grassy shrubland, open dry woodlannd savanna, open Chaco plains along watercourses, and thorny scrub or columnar cacti, often with a sandy substrate. From sea-level - 2,000 m.
Burrowing Parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) [XC44363]
by Andrew Spencer from Lago Colbun, VII Region, Chile (call)
Burrowing Parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus) [XC583147]
by Mart\u00edn Amodeo from El C\u00f3ndor, Adolfo Alsina, R\u00edo Negro, Argentina (call, flight call)
Subspecies
Population of central Chile, formerly known as byroni, recently renamed bloxami, following the realization that the name byroni actually refers to (and is a synonym of) Slender-billed Parakeet (Enicognathus leptorhynchus).