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Blue-headed racket-tail

Prioniturus platenae W. Blasius, 1888

VUVulnerableparrots

The blue-headed racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh 112 g to 158 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Blue-headed racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae)
Photo: Rackk67 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-headed racket-tail

Weight
112 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
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-headed racket-tail live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-headed racket-tail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-headed racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae), also known as the Palawan racket-tail and locally as kinawihan, is a parrot found in the western Philippines around Palawan. The species was formerly considered conspecific with the blue-crowned racket-tail. It is locally known as 'kilit'. It inhabits humid lowland forest in small flocks. It is threatened by habitat destruction and limited trapping for the cage-bird trade.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-headed racket-tail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-headed_racket-tail&oldid=1314523846), 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-headed racket-tail endangered?

The blue-headed racket-tail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species.

How is the blue-headed racket-tail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPrioniturus
  7. SpeciesPrioniturus platenae W. Blasius, 1888

Synonyms Prioniturus cyaneiceps, Prioniturus discurus platenae

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • Blue-headed racquet-tailEnglish
  • Blue-headed racquet-tailEnglish
  • lloret de raquetes capbauCatalan
  • Lloret de raquetes capblauCatalan
  • mada palawanskýCzech
  • mada žlutobřichýCzech
  • papoušek palawanskýCzech
  • parot llwygynffon PalawanWelsh
  • Blåhovedet SpatelhalepapegøjeDanish
  • Palawan-SpatelschwanzpapageiGerman
  • BlaukopfpapageiGerman
  • palavana flagpapagoEsperanto
  • Lorito momoto de PalawanSpanish
  • Lorito-momoto de PalawanSpanish
  • palawani lapatspapagoiEstonian
  • دمپارویی سرکبودPersian
  • palawaninviirikaijaFinnish
  • Palette de PalawanFrench
  • palavanska papigaCroatian
  • aranyló kobaltmadarHungarian
  • palawani motmotpapagájHungarian
  • Codaracchetta testabluItalian
  • パラワンウチワインコJapanese
  • palavaninė menteuodegė papūgaLithuanian
  • Симсӹ вуян ракет пачан попугайWestern Mari
  • blåhodet vimpelpapegøyeNorwegian Bokmål
  • PalawanvlagstaartpapegaaiDutch
  • turkisvimpelparakittNorwegian
  • listkogonka modrogłowaPolish
  • lóri-rabudo-de-palauãPortuguese
  • periquito-raquete-de-palawanPortuguese
  • Палаванский ракетохвостRussian
  • Палаванский ракетохвостый попугайRussian
  • Синеголовый ракетохвостый попугайRussian
  • ladniak modrohlavýSlovak
  • Plavoglavi raketnorepi papagajSerbian
  • blåhuvad flaggpapegojaSwedish
  • Palavan Raket Kuyruklu PapağanıTurkish
  • папуга-віхтьохвіст палаванськийUkrainian
  • папужець-віхтьохвіст палаванськийUkrainian
  • 藍頭盤尾鸚鵡Chinese
  • 巴拉望扇尾鹦鹉Chinese

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Relatives of the blue-headed 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-headed racket-tail?

An adult blue-headed racket-tail weighs 112 g – 158 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-headed racket-tail endangered?

The blue-headed racket-tail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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

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APA

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

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_headed_racket_tail_2026,
  title = {Blue-headed racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-headed-racket-tail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}