Yellow-breasted Racket-tail
Prioniturus flavicansCassin, J, 1853
English (US) Yellow-breasted Racket-tail
The Yellow-breasted Racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: lowlands of northern Sulawesi, including Bangka, Lembeh, and Togian islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prioniturus flavicans
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Yellow-breasted Racket-tail
- Described by
- Cassin, J, 1853
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Cassin, J, 1853
- Type locality
- Celebes.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 p.373
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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