Summary ³

The Blue-headed Racket-tail (Prioniturus platenae) also known as the Palawan Racket-tail, is a parrot found in the western Philippines around Palawan.
It inhabits humid lowland forest in small flocks, but is threatened by habitat destruction and trapping for the cage-bird trade.

Monotipyc, Busuanga (Palawan) ⁴

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1. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carmelo López Abad
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3. Adapted by Carmelo López Abad from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prioniturus_platenae
4. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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