Racket-tails | |
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Blue-crowned racket-tail | |
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.
The following nine species and several subspecies are recognized in the genus: