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title: "Austral Parakeet"
description: "Enicognathus ferrugineus — Birds. The austral parakeet, austral conure, cachaña, rawilma or emerald parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/austral-parakeet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Austral Parakeet

> Enicognathus ferrugineus — Birds. The austral parakeet, austral conure, cachaña,  rawilma or emerald parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

- Scientific name: *Enicognathus ferrugineus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1447
- Wikidata: [Q764213](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764213)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19262](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19262)

## Names

- en: Austral Parakeet
- de: Smaragdsittich
- es: Cachaña
- fr: Conure magellanique
- nl: Magelhaenparkiet
- pt: Periquito-austral
- pl: Krasnogonka krótkodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

AR (686), CL (673)

## Summary

The austral parakeet, austral conure, cachaña,  rawilma or emerald parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and possibly the Falkland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral_parakeet

## Photo

![Austral Parakeet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/austral-parakeet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191720199

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/austral-parakeet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).