Blue-winged Racket-tail

Prioniturus verticalis

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredEndemicFruitForestCavity nestSmall · 45 g

When to see the Blue-winged Racket-tail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

About the Blue-winged Racket-tail

The blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu racquet-tail 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.

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