Blue-headed racket-tail
| Blue-headed racket-tail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
| Family: | Psittaculidae |
| Subfamily: | Psittaculinae |
| Tribe: | Psittaculini |
| Genus: | Prioniturus |
| Species: | P. platenae |
| Binomial name | |
| Prioniturus platenae Blasius, 1888 | |
The blue-headed racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae) also known as the Palawan racket-tail, is a parrot found in the western Philippines around Palawan.
It is 27–28 cm, basically green with a bright, light blue head, blue underwings (except for green coverts) and, in the male, bluish breast. The beak is bluish gray and iris is yellowish.
It inhabits humid lowland forest in small flocks, but is threatened by habitat destruction and trapping for the cage-bird trade.
Note: formerly considered conspecific with blue-crowned racket-tail, P. discurus.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Prioniturus platenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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- Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; ISBN 0-300-07453-0.
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