Blue-crowned racket-tail | |
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An illustration by John Gould | |
ssp. whiteheadi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittaculidae |
Genus: | Prioniturus |
Species: | P. discurus
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Binomial name | |
Prioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822)
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The blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) is a parrot found endemic to the Philippines. It is 27cm, basically green with a blue crown, bluish undertail, whitish beak, and dark underwings with green coverts. It was formerly conspecific with, Mindoro racket-tail and Blue-headed racket-tail[1]