Bluebonnet (bird)
The term bluebonnet refers to the two species of Australian parrots in the genus Northiella. The genus name honours Australian ornithologist Alfred John North.
Northiella | |
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Eastern bluebonnet | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Tribe: | Platycercini |
Genus: | Northiella Mathews, 1912 |
Species | |
Two; see text |
Species
The genus includes the following two species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Northiella haematogaster | Eastern bluebonnet | Australia |
Northiella narethae | Naretha bluebonnet | southeastern Western Australia to southwestern South Australia | |
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References
- Gill F. and Donsker D. (eds), Family Psittaculidae, in IOC World Bird Names (ver 6.2), International Ornithologists’ Union, 2016. URL Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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