Green Racquet-tailed Parrot |
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Also known as: Green Racquet-tail, Green-headed Racquet-tail
Wild Green Racquet-tailed Parrot
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Related publications: Prioniturus luconensisSpecies Profile
Genus: Prioniturus | Species: luconensis
Size:
29cm (11.3 in)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Both adults in general yellow/green, females being slightly darker; centre tail feathers green, the racquets black/blue in colour, the side feathers dark blue tipped with black. Bill pale blue/grey. Eye dark brown.
Colour Juvenile:
As in female but with shorter bare tail shafts.
Call:
Variety of screeches, gurgling and chiming sounds; also harsh notes, whinnying and ringing tones.
Video Links:
Video 1 | Video 2More Information:
Content Sources:
CITES
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017.
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Lexicon of Parrots, Thomas Arndt.
Wild Green Racquet-tailed Parrot
© Vinz Pascua [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons
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The racquet-tailed parrots are the only parrots with tail feathers ending in spatules or "racquets".Academic Research
Related publications: Prioniturus luconensisSpecies Care
Captive Status:
Virtually unknown in captivity.
Longevity:
Not recorded.
Housing:
12' x 6' x 6' (3.6 x 1.8 x 1.8m) spacious enclosure.
Diet:
Fruit such as banana, apple, cactus fruits; commercial or homemade lory food (made fresh daily); elder or mountain ash berries; seed mix such as: safflower, hemp, wheat, paddy rice, different millets, sunflower; rose hips; cooked rice; half-riped maize; egg food and hard-boiled egg twice weekly.
Enrichment:
Not recorded.
Nest Box Size:
10" x 10" x 22" (25.4cm x 25.4cm x 55.9cm) box.
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Incubation Time:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
Not recorded.
Hatch Weight:
Not recorded.
Peak Weight:
Not recorded.
Weaning Weight:
Not recorded.
Wild Green Racquet-tailed Parrot
© Vinz Pascua [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons
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The racquet-tailed parrots are the only parrots with tail feathers ending in spatules or "racquets".Academic Research
Related publications: Prioniturus luconensisSpecies Wild Status
World Population:
1500-3800
IUCN Red List Status:
Endangered
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
A BirdLife “restricted-range” species. Has disappeared from a number of locations; now appears to be restricted to Luzon. Has seriously declined because of trapping and forest loss.
Range:
Confined to Luzon; likely extinct on Marinduque.
Habitat:
Previously from lowland primary forest and nearby maize fields, mostly below 700m (2296 ft).
Wild Diet:
Includes fruit especially bananas, corn, rice, seeds and flowers.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Recently recorded flying over degraded and selectively logged areas. Not much else known about this parrot.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
Young birds seen in May in Luzon. Nest is presumably in tree hollow.
Wild Green Racquet-tailed Parrot
© Vinz Pascua [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons
Photos
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The racquet-tailed parrots are the only parrots with tail feathers ending in spatules or "racquets".Academic Research
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