Blue-crowned racket-tail

Blue-crowned racket-tail
An illustration by John Gould
ssp. whiteheadi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Prioniturus
Species:
P. discurus
Binomial name
Prioniturus discurus
(Vieillot, 1822)

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]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Prioniturus discurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727871A94964152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727871A94964152.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.