Information about Green Racquet Tail

Green Racquet-tail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Psittacidae
Tribe:Psittaculini
Genus:Prioniturus
Species:P. luconensis
Binomial name
Prioniturus luconensis
(Steere, 1890)


The Green Racquet-tail (Prioniturus luconensis) is an endemic of the Philippines where it is found on Luzon and Marinduque.[2][3] This species was once common[3], but is rapidly declining and is currently classified as vulnerable due to lowland deforestation and capture for cage-bird trade [4].

Males entirely yellow-green, with paler underparts and head. The two central tail feathers are elongated with bare shafts and terminated with black rackets. Females are generally darker and less yellowish, while the bare tail shafts are shorter. Juveniles do not have rackets at the tail. Total length is about 29 centimeters. [2][3]

Green Racquet-tails can be found in the canopies of primary tropical rainforests.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Prioniturus luconensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
2. ^ duPont, J. E. (1971). Philippine Birds. Greenville: Delaware Museum of Natural History. 
3. ^ Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. [1973, 1978] (1981). Parrots of the World, corrected second edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5. 
4. ^ redlist.org: Prioniturus luconensis
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Psittaciformes
Wagler, 1830

Systematics

(but see below)

Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Microglossinae (Palm Cockatoo)
  • Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae (dark cockatoos)
  • Subfamily Cacatuinae (white cockatoos)

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Psittacidae
Illiger, 1811

Subfamily
Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)
Psittacinae (typical parrots and allies)

The true parrots are about 330 species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae
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Psittaculini

Genera

Psittinus
Psittacella
Geoffroyus
Prioniturus
Tanygnathus
Eclectus
Alisterus
Aprosmictus
Polytelis
Psittacula
Loriculus
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Prioniturus
Wagler, 1832

The genus Prioniturus contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at
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endemic, it is unique to its own place or region; it is found only there, and not found naturally anywhere else. The place must be a discrete geographical unit, often an island or island group, but sometimes a country, habitat type, or other defined area or zone.
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Luzon<nowiki />

Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Geography <nowiki/>
Location South East Asia <nowiki />
Archipelago
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Region: MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Capital: Boac
Founded: February 21, 1920
Population:
2000 census—217,392 (14th smallest)
Density—227 per km (35th highest)
Area: 959.

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