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Yellow-breasted Racquet-tailed Parrot  

Also Known As: Red-spotted Racquet-tail, Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail, Red-spotted Racquet-tailed Parrot
 
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Wild Yellow-brested Racket-tailed Parrot

Credit: (c) Mehd Halaouate | http://www.indonesien.nu/indonesieneng/index.shtml
 
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Did You Know?
The only reported instance of this parrot in aviculture was a single bird in London Zoo in 1930.

Species Profile
Genus:
Prioniturus

Species:
flavicans

Size: Adult Weight:
37cm (14.4 in) Not available

Races including nominate:
one

Colourization Adult: Male- mostly green body with olive/yellow breast and neck to mantle; crown and back of head deep blue with red mark in centre; central tail feathers green with black "racquets", side tail feathers green tipped with black. Bill pale grey. Eye dark brown. Female- crown without red, and less blue.

Colourization Juvenile: As in adult female but little blue on crown; no racquets on tail.

Call: Screech that is drawn out with alternating notes. Also alarm call chang-chang.

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Content Sources:

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

BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1439&m=0

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

Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.