Buru Racket-tail
Prioniturus madaHartert, EJO, 1900
English (US) Buru Racket-tail
The Buru Racket-tail (Prioniturus mada) 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: montane forest of Buru (southern Moluccas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prioniturus mada
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buru Racket-tail
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1900
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1900
- Type locality
- Mount Mada, 3000 feet, Buru.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 7 p.230
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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