Bluebonnet (bird)

Northiella
Eastern bluebonnet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Platycercinae
Tribe: Platycercini
Genus: Northiella
Mathews, 1912

The term bluebonnet refers to the two species of Australian parrots in the genus Northiella, namely the eastern bluebonnet and the Naretha bluebonnet. The genus name honours Australian ornithologist Alfred John North.

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