Blue-crowned racket-tail

Blue-crowned racket-tail
An illustration by John Gould
ssp. whiteheadi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittaculidae
Genus:	Prioniturus
Species:	P. discurus
Binomial name
Prioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822)

The blue-crowned racket-tail (Prioniturus discurus) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in Luzon, Mindanao and Visayas where it is found in tropical moist lowland forest. The Mindoro racket-tail of Mindoro and Blue-headed racket-tail of Palawan were once considered subspecies of the Blue-crowned racket-tail but are now separate species. While not endangered, this species' population is on the decline due to habitat loss and the cagebird trade.

Under Philippine Law RA 9147, it is illegal to hunt, capture, or possess this species.^[2]