Mindanao Racket-tail | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Prioniturus |
Species: | P. waterstradti |
Binomial name | |
Prioniturus waterstradti Rothschild, 1904 |
The Mindanao Racket-tail, called palette de Mindanao in French and lorito-momoto de Mindanao in Spanish (Prioniturus waterstradti) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.