Green Racquet-tail

Taxobox
name = Green Racquet-tail
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=18154|title=Prioniturus luconensis|downloaded=10 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Psittaciformes
familia = Psittacidae
tribus = Psittaculini
genus = "Prioniturus"
species = "P. luconensis"
binomial = "Prioniturus luconensis"
binomial_authority = (Steere, 1890)

The Green Racquet-tail ("Prioniturus luconensis") is an endemic of the Philippines where it is found on Luzon and Marinduque.cite book | first= J. E.| last= duPont| year= 1971| title= Philippine Birds| publisher= Delaware Museum of Natural History| location= Greenville] cite book | first= Joseph M.| last= Forshaw| coauthors= Cooper, William T.|year= 1981|origyear=1973, 1978|edition=corrected second edition| title= Parrots of the World|publisher=David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London|id=ISBN 0-7153-7698-5] This species was once common, but is rapidly declining and is currently classified as vulnerable due to lowland deforestation and capture for cage-bird trade [ [http://redlist.org/search/details.php?species=18154&tab=summ redlist.org: "Prioniturus luconensis"] ] .

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.

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

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External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1436&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]