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Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae



Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: Blasius, 1888

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is confined to Palawan's lowlands where forest loss continues apace due to legal and illegal logging, as well as increasingly the threat of typhoons which threaten even well protected forests. Trapping and persecution are thought to be having additive if relatively low impacts. Combined, threats are thought to have caused declines of 25-35% over the past three generations, and declines are predicted to accelerate in the future. Unless these threats are adequately controlled, this species has a high risk of extinction in the future. Accordingly it is listed as Vulnerable.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 47,800 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-headed-racquet-tail-prioniturus-platenae on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.