Blue-winged racket-tail

Blue-winged racket-tail
Illustration by Keulemans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
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 family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Tawi-Tawi island in the Philippines and is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. It is threatened by habitat loss and the poaching for the cage-bird trade.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Prioniturus verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22684986A125471501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22684986A125471501.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.