Racket-tail
| Racket-tails | |
|---|---|
| Blue-crowned racket-tail | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Prioniturus Wagler, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Psittacus platurus Vieillot, 1818 | |
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.