Blue-headed Racket-tail
Prioniturus platenaeBlasius, W, 1888
English (US) Blue-headed Racket-tail
The Blue-headed Racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: southern Philippines (Balabac, Palawan, Calamian, and adjacent islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prioniturus platenae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Racket-tail
- Described by
- Blasius, W, 1888
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Blasius, W, 1888
- Type locality
- Palawan.
- Original description
- Braunschweigische Anzeigen no.37 p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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