Bluebonnet (bird)
| Northiella | |
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| 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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