Buru Racquet-tail - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Buru Racket-tail

Photo by James Eaton
Buru, Indonesia, October 2012

Prioniturus mada

Identification

32 cm. Medium largely green parrot which may show tail spatules or racquets.

• overall medium green
• underparts slightly paler green
• crissum and lower below belly yellow or yellowish
• bill silvery grey with a dark tip to the upper mandible: lower mandible variably darker especially around the cutting edge. The silvery upper mandible is apparent at a distance
• under tail blue
• adult's tail with short to medium spatules or racquets: bare feather shafts with spoon-shaped tips

Male with rear of head, nape upper mantle and scapulars powder blue to deeper blue colour (often described as "purple"). Female with blue reduced to a hint on the hind neck.

Distribution

Indonesia: found in the montane forests of Buru (southern Moluccas)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, mangrove forests, and montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buru Racquet-tail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buru_Racquet-tail

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