Mindanao Racket-tail
MINDANAO RACKET-TAIL
Prioniturus waterstradti
Psittacidae Family
L 230 mm (9 1/2")
endemic, fairly common above 1000 m
Bird #97 - January 2009
The Kennedy guide treats this as Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus. It says in the Kennedy guide that they are found in mid-mountain and montane mossy forest of Luzon and Mindanao and that "some authors have divided this species into the Luzon Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus and the Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti.
We are now following the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) bird list that lists two species Prioniturus waterstradti and Prioniturus montanus.
Read MorePrioniturus waterstradti
Psittacidae Family
L 230 mm (9 1/2")
endemic, fairly common above 1000 m
Bird #97 - January 2009
The Kennedy guide treats this as Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus. It says in the Kennedy guide that they are found in mid-mountain and montane mossy forest of Luzon and Mindanao and that "some authors have divided this species into the Luzon Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus and the Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti.
We are now following the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) bird list that lists two species Prioniturus waterstradti and Prioniturus montanus.
MINDANAO RACKET-TAIL Prioniturus waterstradti Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon, Mindanao
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