Prioniturus
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Prioniturus platurus (golden-mantled racket-tail)
Translingual
Etymology
πριονῖτις (prionîtis, “a kind of garden tool”) + -urus
Proper noun
Prioniturus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Psittaculidae – racket-tails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes – order; Psittacoidea – superfamily; Psittaculidae – family; Psittaculinae - subfamily; Psittaculini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Prioniturus montanus (montane racket-tail), Prioniturus waterstradti (Mindanao racket-tail), Prioniturus platenae (blue-headed racket-tail), Prioniturus luconensis (green racket-tail), Prioniturus discurus (blue-crowned racket-tail), Prioniturus verticalis (blue-winged racket-tail), Prioniturus flavicans (yellow-breasted racket-tail), Prioniturus platurus (golden-mantled racket-tail), Prioniturus mada (Buru racket-tail) - species
References
Prioniturus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Prioniturus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Prioniturus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
