Blue-winged Racket-tail

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Blue-winged Racket-tail

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Prioniturus
Species:	P. verticalis
Binomial name
*Prioniturus verticalis* Sharpe, 1893

The Blue-winged Racket-tail, Palette Des Sulu, or Lorito-momoto De Las Sulu (Prioniturus verticalis) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

BirdLife International 2004. Prioniturus verticalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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v t e Tribus: Psittaculini

Genus	Species (taxonomy note: * Réunion Parakeet and Mauritius Parakeet may united as subspecies or split as separate species) (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Psittinus	Blue-rumped Parrot

Psittacella	Brehm's Tiger Parrot • Painted Tiger Parrot • Modest Tiger Parrot • Madarasz's Tiger Parrot

Geoffroyus	Red-cheeked Parrot (or Singing Parrot) • Blue-collared Parrot • Song Parrot

Prioniturus	Montane Racket-tail • Mindanao Racket-tail • Blue-headed Racket-tail • Green Racket-tail • Blue-crowned Racket-tail • Blue-winged Racket-tail (or Sulu Racket-tail) • Yellow-breasted Racket-tail • Golden-mantled Racket-tail • Buru Racket-tail

Tanygnathus	Great-billed Parrot • Blue-naped Parrot • Blue-backed Parrot • Black-lored Parrot

Eclectus	Eclectus Parrot • Oceanic Eclectus Parrot † ₴ (extinct or prehistoric)

Alisterus	Australian King Parrot • Moluccan King Parrot • Papuan King Parrot

Aprosmictus	Jonquil Parrot (or Olive-shouldered Parrot) • Red-winged Parrot

Polytelis	Superb Parrot • Regent Parrot • Princess Parrot

Psittacula	Alexandrine Parakeet (or Alexandrine Parrot) • Seychelles Parakeet † • Rose-ringed Parakeet (or Ringnecked Parakeet) • Réunion Parakeet † * • Mauritius Parakeet * • Newton's Parakeet † • Slaty-headed Parakeet • Grey-headed Parakeet • Plum-headed Parakeet • Blossom-headed Parakeet • Lord Derby's Parakeet • Red-breasted Parakeet • Nicobar Parakeet • Long-tailed Parakeet

Loriculus	Vernal Hanging Parrot • Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot • Philippine Hanging Parrot (supporting pages: Cebu Hanging Parrot and Camiguin Hanging Parrot) • Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot • Great Hanging Parrot (or Sulawesi Hanging Parrot) • Sula Hanging Parrot • Moluccan Hanging Parrot • Sangihe Hanging Parrot • Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot (or Papuan Hanging Parrot) • Bismarck Hanging Parrot (or Green-fronted Hanging Parrot • Pygmy Hanging Parrot (or Red-billed Hanging Parrot) • Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot • Wallace's Hanging Parrot • Camiguin Hanging Parrot

Agapornis	Rosy-faced Lovebird (supporting page: Rosy-faced Lovebird colour genetics) • Yellow-collared Lovebird (or Masked Lovebird ) • Fischer's Lovebird • Lilian's Lovebird • Black-cheeked Lovebird • Grey-headed Lovebird (or Madagascar Lovebird) • Black-winged Lovebird (or Abyssinian Lovebird) • Red-headed Lovebird (or Red-faced Lovebird) • Black-collared Lovebird

incertae sedis (probably Psittaculini)	Mascarene Parrot † (genus: Mascarinus) • Broad-billed Parrot † (genus: Lophopsittacus) • Rodrigues Parrot † (genus: Necropsittacus)