Racquet-tails
Prioniturus
The genus Prioniturus, commonly known as racket-tails, contains ten species in the parrot family Psittaculidae that are 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.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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.