Blue-winged Racket-tail
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| Blue-winged Racket-tail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Prioniturus |
| Species: | P. verticalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Prioniturus verticalis Sharpe, 1893 | |
The Blue-winged Racket-tail, Palette Des Sulu, or Lorito-momoto De Las Sulu (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae 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.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Prioniturus verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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