Northiella | |
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Eastern bluebonnet | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Subfamily: | Platycercinae |
Tribe: | Platycercini |
Genus: |
Northiella Mathews, 1912 |
Species | |
Two; see text |
Two; see text
The term bluebonnet refers to the two species of Australian parrots in the genus Northiella. The genus name honours Australian ornithologist Alfred John North.
The genus includes the following two species: