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Golden-mantled Racket-tail

Prioniturus platurus (Vieillot, 1818)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The golden-mantled racket-tail (Prioniturus platurus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest up to an altitude of about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).

Wikipedia contributors, Golden-mantled racket-tail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:03:35.725400+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Prioniturus platurus (Vieillot, 1818)
Name authority
(Vieillot, 1818)
Common name
Golden-mantled Racket-tail
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Psittaculidae
Genus
Prioniturus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPsittaciformes
  10. familyPsittaculidae
  11. genusPrioniturus Wagler, 1832
  12. speciesPrioniturus platurus (Vieillot, 1818)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Prioniturus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Blue-crowned Racket-tailPrioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822)PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green Racket-tailPrioniturus luconensis Steere, 1890PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Luzon Montane Racquet-tailPrioniturus montanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1895PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blue-headed Racket-tailPrioniturus platenae W. Blasius, 1888PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mindanao Montane Racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradti Rothschild, 1904PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-breasted Racket-tailPrioniturus flavicans Cassin, 1853PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Buru Racket-tailPrioniturus mada Hartert, 1900PsittaculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Psittacus platurus Vieillot, 1818 Vieillot, 1818synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177535 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4MFF9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.