Mindoro racket-tail

Mindoro racket-tail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superfamily: Psittacoidea
Family: Psittaculidae
Subfamily: Psittaculinae
Tribe: Psittaculini
Genus: Prioniturus
Species: P. mindorensis
Binomial name
Prioniturus mindorensis
Steere, 1890

The Mindoro racket-tail (Prioniturus mindorensis) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculinae family. It was formerly considered conspecific with the blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus).

Prioniturus mindorensis is endemic to the island of Mindoro[2] in the Philippines and it occurs in lowland humid forest.[3]

References

  1. Birdlife International (2014). "Prioniturus mindorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. "Prioniturus mindorensis range map". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  3. "Prioniturus mindorensis". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-05.