Blue-crowned Racquet-tail (Prioniturus discurus)

Other Names (World)
Blue-crowned Racquet-tail, Blue-headed Racquet-tail(!), Blue-crowned Racket-tail

Family
Psittacidae (Parrots)

Size
24 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From sea-level - 1,750 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Blue-crowned Racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) [XC377011]
by brendan sloan from Sibaliw Research Station Panay, Philippines (call)

Blue-crowned Racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) [XC69271]
by brendan sloan from Negros; Mt. Canlaon, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Green Racquet-tail (Prioniturus luconensis), probably Yellowish-breasted Racquet-tail (Prioniturus flavicans) and debatably Sulu Racquet-tail (Prioniturus verticalis). Sometimes considered conspecific with Yellowish-breasted Racquet-tail (Prioniturus flavicans), and previously with Blue-headed Racquet-tail (Prioniturus platenae).

Proposed subspecies nesophilus of Catanduanes I is synonym of whiteheadi.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

whiteheadi Salomonsen, 1953 - Luzon south to Bohol, northern and central-eastern Philippines.
mindorensis Steere, 1890 - Mindoro, north-central Philippines. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Mindoro Racquet-tail (Prioniturus mindorensis).
discurus (Vieillot, 1818) - Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu and Olutanga, south-eastern and south-central Philippines.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-crowned Racquet-tail (Prioniturus discurus) - 10 files

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