This article is about the genus of parrots. For the hummingbird, see Booted racket-tail.
The genus Prioniturus, commonly known as racket-tails, 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.[2]
^"Psittaculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
^Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. (1981) [1973, 1978]. Parrots of the World (corrected second ed.). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN0-7153-7698-5.
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