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Blue-headed Racquet-tailed Parrot  

Also Known As: Blue-headed Racquet-tail, Palawan Racquet-tail
 
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Little is known of the habits and life of the Racquet-tail Parrot group.

Species Profile
Genus:
Prioniturus

Species:
platenae

Size: Adult Weight:
28cm (10.9 in) Not available

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Both adults: olive/green body, belly more yellow; head blue, less so in female; centre tail feathers green, "racquets" black tinged with green, outside tail feathers blue/green tipped with black. Bill blue/grey. Eye brown.

Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed

Call: Squeaky sounds and harsh, rasping notes similar to that of other Prioniturus spp.

Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results

 

Content Sources:

Blue-headed Racquet-tail http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/prioplat.pdf

CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1435&m=0

Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.

Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.