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Blue-crowned racket-tail

Prioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822)

LCLeast Concernparrots

The blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 137 g to 158 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus)
Photo: markaharper1 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-crowned racket-tail

Weight
137 g – 158 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-crowned racket-tail live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-crowned racket-tail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in Luzon, Mindanao and Visayas where it is found in tropical moist lowland forest. The Mindoro racket-tail of Mindoro and Blue-headed racket-tail of Palawan were once considered subspecies of the Blue-crowned racket-tail but are now separate species. While not endangered, this species' population is on the decline due to habitat loss and the cagebird trade.

Under Philippine Law RA 9147, it is illegal to hunt, capture, or possess this species.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-crowned racket-tail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-crowned_racket-tail&oldid=1349142960), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blue-crowned racket-tail endangered?

The blue-crowned racket-tail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-crowned racket-tail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPrioniturus
  7. SpeciesPrioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822)

Synonyms Psittacus discurus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Blue-crowned racquet-tailEnglish
  • Blue-crowned racquet-tailEnglish
  • lloret de raquetes coronablauCatalan
  • mada modrozelenýCzech
  • mada žlutozelenýCzech
  • papoušek modrozelenýCzech
  • parot llwygynffon corunlasWelsh
  • Filippinsk SpatelhalepapegøjeDanish
  • Philippinen-SpatelschwanzpapageiGerman
  • SpatelschwanzpapageiGerman
  • blukrona flagpapagoEsperanto
  • Lorito momoto coroniazulSpanish
  • sinikiird-lapatspapagoiEstonian
  • filippiinienviirikaijaFinnish
  • Palette à couronne bleueFrench
  • modrokruna papigaCroatian
  • kobalt madapapagájHungarian
  • kékfejű motmotpapagájHungarian
  • Codaracchetta capobluItalian
  • ズアオウチワインコJapanese
  • mėlynkuodė menteuodegė papūgaLithuanian
  • blåkronet vimpelpapegøyeNorwegian Bokmål
  • BlauwkapvlagstaartpapegaaiDutch
  • blåkronevimpelparakittNorwegian
  • listkogonka niebieskoczapkowaPolish
  • lóri-rabudo-de-coroa-azulPortuguese
  • periquito-raquete-de-coroa-azulPortuguese
  • Филипинский ракетохвостRussian
  • Синешапочный ракетохвостый попугайRussian
  • ladniak zástavkovýSlovak
  • Plavočeli raketnorepi papagajSerbian
  • blåkronad flaggpapegojaSwedish
  • Filipin Raket Kuyruklu PapağanıTurkish
  • папуга-віхтьохвіст синьоголовийUkrainian
  • папужець-віхтьохвіст синьоголовийUkrainian
  • 蓝冠扇尾鹦鹉Chinese
  • 藍冠盤尾鸚鵡Chinese

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Relatives of the blue-crowned racket-tail

Other species in the same genus Prioniturus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-crowned racket-tail?

An adult blue-crowned racket-tail weighs 137 g – 158 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-crowned racket-tail endangered?

The blue-crowned racket-tail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue-crowned racket-tail?

The blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) belongs to the family Psittaculidae in the order Psittaciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-crowned-racket-tail

MLA

“Blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-crowned-racket-tail.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_crowned_racket_tail_2026,
  title = {Blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-crowned-racket-tail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}