Buru racket-tail

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The Buru racket-tail is a parrot species native to Indonesia’s Buru Island, notable for its distinctive tail feathers ending in bare shafts with racket-shaped tips.

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Buru racket-tail canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal
bird species
parrot
vertebrate
belongsToBiogeographicRealm Australasian realm
binomialName Prioniturus mada
linked to: Prioniturus
breeding nests in tree cavities
class Aves
commonName Buru racket-tail
Buru racquet-tail
conservationStatus Near Threatened
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List
country Indonesia
describedIn 19th century ornithological literature
diet fruits
other plant material
seeds
endemicTo Buru Island
family Psittaculidae
foundIn Maluku Islands
genus Prioniturus
habitat subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
hasBodyPart hooked bill
hasDistinctiveFeature racket-shaped tips on tail feathers
hasFeatherColor predominantly green plumage
hasTailFeature tail feathers with elongated bare shafts ending in racket-shaped tips
kingdom Animalia
nativeTo Buru Island
order Psittaciformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
taxonRank species
threat deforestation
habitat loss

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Buru endemicSpecies Buru racket-tail
Buru racket-tail commonName Buru racket-tail