Buru racket-tail
| Buru racket-tail | |
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| Female with male in background | |
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| Male at Walsrode Bird Park | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Prioniturus |
| Species: | P. mada |
| Binomial name | |
| Prioniturus mada Hartert, 1900 | |
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| The Indonesian island of Buru, its range, in red | |
The Buru racket-tail (Prioniturus mada), is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to forest on the island of Buru, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.[2]
Description
The Buru racket-tail is a mainly green parrot about 32 cm (12.5 inches) long. The beak is blackish and lighter at the base, and the long undertail-coverts are yellow. The adult male has blue upper-parts from the back of its head to mid-back and which extends into the upper surfaces of the forewings. The female has a small area of blue on the nape. Juveniles do not have racket-shaped tail feathers. The male juvenile has a little blue on the nape and the female juvenile has all-green upper-parts.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Prioniturus mada". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Forshaw (2006). plate 34.
Cited texts
- Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09251-6.
External links
- Oriental Bird Images: Buru Racquet-tail Selected photos