Cyanoliseus

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Patagonian Conure.jpg

| image_caption = Burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus)

| taxon = Cyanoliseus

| authority = Bonaparte, 1854

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Cyanoliseus patagonus
• †Cyanoliseus ensenadensis
• †Cyanoliseus patagonopsis

}}

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{{cite journal |last1=Hospitaleche |first1=C.A. |last2=Tambussi |first2=C.P. |title=Cyanoliseus patagonopsis nov. sp. (Aves, Psittaciformes) del Pleistoceno de Punta Hermengo, provincia de Buenos Aires |journal=Ameghiniana |date=2006 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=249–253}} and Cyanoliseus ensenadensis, which was formerly placed in Pionus.{{cite journal |last1=Tonni |first1=E.P. |title=CYANOLISEUS ENSENADENSIS (CATTOI) NOV. COMB (AVES, PSITTACIFORMES) DEL PLEISTOCENO MEDIO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES |journal=Ameghiniana |date=2013 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=145–148}} Both fossils have been found in Argentina and are among the few extinct prehistoric representatives of extant parrot genera.