Blue-winged racket-tail
| Blue-winged 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. verticalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Prioniturus verticalis Sharpe, 1893 | |
The blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu racquet-tail (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to Tawi-Tawi island in 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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