Golden-mantled racket-tail
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| Species: | P. platurus
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| Prioniturus platurus (Vieillot, 1818)
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The golden-mantled racket-tail (Prioniturus platurus) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognised. The nominate subspecies P. p. platurus occurs in Sulawesi, Togian, Banggai and several other nearby islands, P. p. talautensis occurs in the Talaud Islands and P. p. sinerubris occurs in Taliabu and Mangole in the Sula Islands.[2]
Description
The male is mainly green with a rose red spot surrounded by a grey blotch above the eye and a narrow orange collar. The underparts are pale green. The primaries are grey and the secondaries greenish-blue. The central tail feathers are elongated, with bare shafts and dark tips. The female is similar but lacks the red spot and the orange collar, and has a shorter tail.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Golden-mantled Racquet-tail (Prioniturus platurus) (Vieillot, 1818)". AviBase. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ Zoological Society of London (1860). Proceedings. pp. 223–224.
External links
- Oriental Bird Images: Golden-mantled Racquet-tail Selected photos