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Blue-winged racket-tail

Prioniturus verticalis Sharpe, 1893

CRCritically Endangeredparrots

The blue-winged racket-tail (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 45 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Blue-winged racket-tail (Prioniturus verticalis)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-winged racket-tail

Weight
45 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
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-winged racket-tail live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-winged racket-tail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu racquet-tail (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

It is endemic to Tawi-Tawi island in the Philippines and is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. It is threatened by habitat loss and the poaching for the cage-bird trade.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-winged racket-tail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-winged_racket-tail&oldid=1313826618), 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-winged racket-tail endangered?

The blue-winged racket-tail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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 Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-winged racket-tail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPrioniturus
  7. SpeciesPrioniturus verticalis Sharpe, 1893

Synonyms Prioniturus flavicans verticalis

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Blue-winged racquet-tailEnglish
  • Sulu racquet-tailEnglish
  • Sulu racquet-tailEnglish
  • lloret de raquetes de les illes SuluCatalan
  • mada suluskýCzech
  • mada zelenohlavýCzech
  • papoušek suluskýCzech
  • parot llwygynffon SwlwWelsh
  • Sulu SpatelhalepapegøjeDanish
  • Sulu-SpatelschwanzpapageiGerman
  • BlauflügelpapageiGerman
  • sulua flagpapagoEsperanto
  • Lorito momoto de las SuluSpanish
  • Lorito-momoto de las SuluSpanish
  • sulu lapatspapagoiEstonian
  • دمپارویی بالآبیPersian
  • sulanviirikaijaFinnish
  • Palette des SuluFrench
  • suluska papigaCroatian
  • sului rakétafarkú papagájHungarian
  • sulu-szigeteki motmotpapagájHungarian
  • Codaracchetta alibluItalian
  • アオバネウチワインコJapanese
  • suluvinė menteuodegė papūgaLithuanian
  • Симсӹ шылдыран ракет пачан попугайWestern Mari
  • suluvimpelpapegøyeNorwegian Bokmål
  • SuluvlagstaartpapegaaiDutch
  • Sulu-vlagstaartpapegaaiDutch
  • suluvimpelparakittNorwegian
  • listkogonka czerwonoczapkowaPolish
  • نیلا پرا چھکا پوچھلWestern Panjabi
  • lóri-rabudo-das-suluPortuguese
  • periquito-raquete-das-suluPortuguese
  • Синекрылый ракетохвостRussian
  • Сулусский ракетохвостый попугайRussian
  • ladniak modrokrídlySlovak
  • Plavokrili raketnorepi papagajSerbian
  • blåvingad flaggpapegojaSwedish
  • Sulu Raket Kuyruklu PapağanıTurkish
  • папуга-віхтьохвіст сулуйськийUkrainian
  • папужець-віхтьохвіст сулуйськийUkrainian
  • 苏禄扇尾鹦鹉Chinese
  • 藍翅盤尾鸚鵡Chinese

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

An adult blue-winged racket-tail weighs 45 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-winged racket-tail endangered?

The blue-winged racket-tail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

The blue-winged racket-tail (Prioniturus verticalis) 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-winged racket-tail (Prioniturus verticalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-racket-tail

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{blue_winged_racket_tail_2026,
  title = {Blue-winged racket-tail (Prioniturus verticalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-racket-tail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}