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Yellow-breasted racket-tail

Prioniturus flavicans Cassin, 1853

NTNear Threatenedparrots

The yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans) is a species in the family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 116.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-breasted racket-tail

Weight
116.8 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
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-breasted racket-tail live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-breasted racket-tail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it is native to the Minahasa Peninsula and the Togian Islands in the Gulf of Tomini. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-breasted racket-tail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-breasted_racket-tail&oldid=1379674136), 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 yellow-breasted racket-tail endangered?

The yellow-breasted racket-tail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-breasted racket-tail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPsittaciformes
  5. familyPsittaculidae
  6. genusPrioniturus
  7. SpeciesPrioniturus flavicans Cassin, 1853

Synonyms Prioniturus flavicans flavicans, Psittacus discosurus

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • Yellow-breasted racquet-tailEnglish
  • Yellow-breasted racquet-tailEnglish
  • Yellowish-breasted racquet-tailEnglish
  • Yellowish-breasted racquet-tailEnglish
  • lloret de raquetes pitgrocCatalan
  • mada kopistovýCzech
  • papoušek kopistoocasýCzech
  • parot llwygynffon corun cochWelsh
  • Sulawesi SpatelhalepapegøjeDanish
  • Sulawesi-spatelhalepapegøjeDanish
  • Olivbrust-SpatelschwanzpapageiGerman
  • FlaggenschwanzpapageiGerman
  • flavbrusta flagpapagoEsperanto
  • Lorito momoto amarillentoSpanish
  • Lorito-momoto AmarillentoSpanish
  • suur-lapatspapagoiEstonian
  • دمپارویی سینهزردPersian
  • isoviirikaijaFinnish
  • Palette de CassinFrench
  • žućkastoprsa papigaCroatian
  • rakétafarkú papagájHungarian
  • sárgabegyű motmotpapagájHungarian
  • Kring-kring dada-kuningIndonesian
  • Kringkring dada-kuningIndonesian
  • Codaracchetta pettogialloItalian
  • ズアカウチワインコJapanese
  • raudondėmė menteuodegė papūgaLithuanian
  • Якшар калпакан пачан попугайWestern Mari
  • gulbrystet vimpelpapegøyeNorwegian Bokmål
  • Cassins VlagstaartpapegaaiDutch
  • kappevimpelparakittNorwegian
  • listkogonka dużaPolish
  • lóri-rabudo-amareladoPortuguese
  • periquito-raquete-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
  • Желтогрудый ракетохвостRussian
  • Красношапочный ракетохвостый попугайRussian
  • ladniak žltoprsýSlovak
  • Žutogrudi raketnorepi papagajSerbian
  • guldbröstad flaggpapegojaSwedish
  • Altın Göğüslü Raket Kuyruklu PapağanTurkish
  • папуга-віхтьохвіст великийUkrainian
  • папужець-віхтьохвіст великийUkrainian
  • 红斑扇尾鹦鹉Chinese
  • 黃腹盤尾鸚鵡Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted racket-tail?

An adult yellow-breasted racket-tail weighs 116.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-breasted racket-tail endangered?

The yellow-breasted racket-tail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the yellow-breasted racket-tail?

The yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans) 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). Yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-racket-tail

MLA

“Yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-racket-tail.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_breasted_racket_tail_2026,
  title = {Yellow-breasted racket-tail (Prioniturus flavicans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-racket-tail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}