Racquet-tails

Racquet-tails

Taxobox
name = Racquet-tails


image_caption = Blue-crowned Racquet-tail
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
subfamilia = Psittacinae
tribus = Psittaculini
genus = "Prioniturus"
genus_authority = 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.cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw| coauthors= Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|origyear=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second edition| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|id=ISBN 0-7153-7698-5]

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)

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