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
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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Northiella haematogasterEastern bluebonnetAustralia
Northiella narethaeNaretha bluebonnetsoutheastern Western Australia to southwestern South Australia

References

  1. 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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