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Blue-crowned Racquet-tailed Parrot  (Prioniturus discurus)

Also Known As: Blue-crowned Racquet-tail
 
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Wild Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrot perched on tree

Credit: (c) Benedict De Laender
 
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Status in the Wild
World Population:
Estimated at 10,000

Range:
P.d. discurus: Jolo in Sulu Archipelago, and Balut, Mindanao, Olutanga, and Basilan, S Philippine Islands.
P.d. whiteheadi: S Luzon, Catanduanes, Tablas, Ticao, Sibuyan, Masbate, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Guimaras and Negros, in the N to C Philippine Islands.
P.d. mindorensis: Mindoro, N Philippine Islands.


Habitat:
Found in primary and tall secondary growth, forest margins and remnant trees in cultivated areas. Up to 1750m (5740 ft).

Threat Summary:
Trapping for bird trade.

IUCN Rating:
Least concern

Wild Diet:
Diet includes fruit, berries, nuts and seeds.

CITES Rating:
Appendix II

Ecology:
Seen in small noisy groups of five to a dozen birds outside the breeding season. Groups converge to feed in fruiting trees. Resident, but disperses after breeding season.

Clutch and Egg Size:
Rounded eggs, 31.5 x 26mm (1.2 x 1.0 in)

Breeding Season:
April-May in Negros; May in Leyte; April in Mindanao.

Links to Other Project(s):
http://www.pandan.gov.ph/environment/biodiversity.html

More Info Sites:
http://www.geocities.com/www_asia/report-philippines-dec-1997.html

http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E098.htm&Pic=098_1.JPG