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Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrots

Racket-tailed Parrots


Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot Distribution / Status in the Wild:

The Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrots, Prioniturus discurus discurusis , is endemic to Mindanao, Olutanga, Basilan, Guimaras, Luzon, Jolo Islands, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines ... CITES II - They are endangered in their natural habitat and uncommon in the pet trade.


Description:

The Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot averages 27cm in length. The plumage is basically green with a blue crown, blueish undertail, whitish beak, and dark underwings with green coverts.


There are three or four subspecies:

Note: Blue-headed Racquet-tail, P. platenae, was formerly considered conspecific.


Taxonomy:

Species: Scientific: Prioniturus discurus discurus ... English: Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot ... Dutch: Blauwkapvlagstaartpapegaai ... German: Blauköpfiger Spatelschwanzpapagei ... French: Perroquet à raquettes d'archipel Sulu

Sub-Species: discurus, whiteheadi, nesophilus, mindorensis, platenae

Related Web Resources: Lexicon of Parrots




Blue-crowned Racket-tailed ParrotsSub-species:


Blue-headed Racket-tailed Parrot


Mindoro Racket-tailed Parrots

Distribution: Mindoro Island, Philippines ... CITES II - Endangered

Description: Average 10.5 ins or 27 cm in length. They look like the Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot described above, but the forehead and and forecrown are green; hindcrown and nape are pale violet-blue; and the lores and cheeks are slightly more yellowish-green.

Taxonomy: Species: Scientific: Prioniturus discurus mindorensis ... English: Mindoro Racket-tailed Parrot ... Dutch: Mindoro Vlagstaartpapegaai ... German: Mindoro Spatelschwanzpapagei ... French: Perroquet à raquettes d'iles Mindoro

Related Websites: Lexicon of Parrots (Please scroll down to no. 4 - click on link to view photo.)


Salomonsen's Racket-tailed Parrots:

Description: The Salomonsen's Racket-tailed Parrots average 27 cm (10.5 ins) in length. They look like the Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot described above, but with less blue on head, the blue center of the crown is not as clearly defined, gradually merging with green on sides of head.

Distribution & Status in the Wild: CITES II - Endangered ... Distribution: Negros, Bohol, Samar, Leyte, Masbate, Cebu in the Philippines

Taxonomy: Species: Scientific: Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi ... English: Salomonsen's Racket-tailed Parrot ... Dutch: Salomonsens Vlagstaartpapegaai ... German: Salomonsen Spatelschwanzpapagei ... French: Perroquet à raquettes de Whitehead

Related Websites: Lexicon of Parrots (Please scroll down to no. 2 - click on link to view photo.)


Tablas Racket-tailed Parrots:

Description: The Tablas Racket-tailed Parrots average 26 cm (10) in length. They look like the Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot described above, but the crown is just lightly washed with blue; breast and the abdomen is a slightly darker green.

Distribution & Status in the Wild: CITES II - Endangered ... Distribution: Catanduanes, Sibuyan and Tablas in the Philippines

Taxonomy: Scientific: Prioniturus discurus nesophilus ... English: Tablas Racket-tailed Parrot ... Dutch: Tablas Vlagstaartpapegaai ... German: Tablas Spatelschwanzpapagei ... French: Perroquet à raquettes d'iles Catanduans

Related Websites: Lexicon of Parrots (Please scroll down to no. 3 - click on link to view photo.)



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