The genus ''Prioniturus'', commonly known as racket-tails, contains nine
parrot
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...
species found in the
Philippines
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and
Indonesia
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. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the end.
Taxonomy
The following nine species and several subspecies are recognized in the genus:
*''Prioniturus'',
Wagler 1832
**''Prioniturus montanus'',
Ogilvie-Grant 1895 (
Montane racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus waterstradti'',
Rothschild 1904 (
Mindanao racket-tail)
***''Prioniturus waterstradti waterstradti'',
Rothschild 1904
***''Prioniturus waterstradti malindangensis'',
Mearns 1909
**''Prioniturus platenae'',
Blasius, W 1888 (
Blue-headed racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus luconensis'',
Steere 1890 (
Green racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus discurus'',
(Vieillot 1822) (
Blue-crowned racket-tail
The blue-crowned racket-tail (''Prioniturus discurus'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in Luzon, Mindanao and Visayas where it is found in tropical moist lowland forest. The Mindoro rack ...
)
***''Prioniturus discurus discurus'',
(Vieillot 1822)
***''Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi'',
Salomonsen 1953
**''Prioniturus mindorensis'',
Steere 1890 (
Mindoro racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus verticalis'',
Sharpe 1893 (
Blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu Racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus flavicans'',
Cassin 1853 (
Yellow-breasted racket-tail)
**''Prioniturus platurus'',
(Vieillot 1818) (
Golden-mantled racket-tail)
***''Prioniturus platurus platurus'',
(Vieillot 1818)
***''Prioniturus platurus sinerubris'',
Forshaw 1971
***''Prioniturus platurus talautensis'',
Hartert 1898
**''Prioniturus mada'',
Hartert1900 (
Buru racket-tail)
See also
*
Racket-tail (disambiguation)
References
Parrots
Psittaculini
Birds of Malesia
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