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Racquet-tails
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Racquet-tails

Prioniturus

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.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Golden-mantled Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus platurus

Blue-headed Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus platenae

Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus flavicans

Green Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus luconensis

Blue-crowned Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus discurus

Mindanao Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus waterstradti

Buru Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus mada

Mindoro Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus mindorensis

Luzon Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus montanus

Blue-winged Racquet-tail

speciesPrioniturus verticalis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 18952.