Racquet-tails

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Tribe: Psittaculini
Genus: Prioniturus
Wagler, 1832

The genus Prioniturus contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the end.[1]

The following species are recognized:

  • Prioniturus montanus (Luzon Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus waterstradti (Mindanao Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus platenae (Blue-headed Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus luconensis (Green Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus discurus (Blue-crowned Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus verticalis (Sulu Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus flavicans (Yellowish-breasted Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus platurus (Golden-mantled Racquet-tail)
  • Prioniturus mada (Buru Racquet-tail)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Forshaw, Joseph M., Cooper, William T. [1973, 1978] (1981). Parrots of the World, corrected second edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5.


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