Buru racket-tail
| Buru racket-tail | |
|---|---|
| File:Prioniturus mada -captive-8a-2c.jpg | |
| Female with male in background | |
| File:Prioniturus mada qtl1.jpg | |
| Male at Walsrode Bird Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: |
P. mada
|
| Binomial name | |
| Prioniturus mada Hartert, 1900
|
|
| File:ID Buru.PNG | |
| The Indonesian island of Buru, its range, in red | |
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
The Buru racket-tail (Prioniturus mada), is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to forest on the island of Buru, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.[2]
Description
The Buru racket-tail is a mainly green parrot about 32 cm (13 in) long. The beak is blackish and lighter at the base, and the long undertail-coverts are yellow. The adult male has blue upper-parts from the back of its head to mid-back and which extends into the upper surfaces of the forewings. The female has a small area of blue on the nape. Juveniles do not have racket-shaped tail feathers. The male juvenile has a little blue on the nape and the female juvenile has all-green upper-parts.[2]
References
Cited texts
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Oriental Bird Images: Buru Racquet-tail Selected photos
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
.png){kind=small} |
This article relating to parrots is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
