Blue-winged Racquet-tail

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Blue-winged Racquet-tail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Prioniturus
Species: P. verticalis
Binomial name
Prioniturus verticalis
Sharpe, 1893

The Blue-winged Racquet-tail, Palette Des Sulu, or Lorito-momoto De Las Sulu (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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