Philippines spatula-tailed parrot

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Philippines spatula-tailed parrot
Philippines spatula-tailed parrot

Philippines spatula-tailed parrot

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Parrots (Psittaciformes)
Family : True parrots (Psittacidae)
Subfamily : Eclectic parrots (Psittaculinae)
Genre : Spatula-tailed parrots ( prioniturus )
Type : Philippines spatula-tailed parrot
Scientific name
Prioniturus discurus
( Vieillot , 1822)

The Philippines spatula- tailed parrot ( Prioniturus discurus ) is a medium-sized member of the family of real parrots .

Appearance

The Philippines spatula-tailed parrot reaches a body length of 27 cm. It has green plumage that is significantly darker on the back. The upper part of the head is light blue or dark green. The neck and belly are yellow-green. The feet and beak are gray. The underside of the wings and the tail are dark green. At the end of the tail sit 2 long, dark, thin feathers with a spatulate black end. Males and females do not differ significantly in their plumage. The subspecies differ very clearly in the plumage color, some have a light blue head, while in other subspecies only the forehead is light blue.

Philippines spatula-tailed parrot

distribution and habitat

The Philippines Spatelschwanzpapagei is on the islands of the Philippines to the südphilippinschen island of Jolo endemic . He lives in the forests and clearings of the islands. It is also found in banana plantations.

Way of life

Berries and other fruits, plant seeds and plant shoots serve as food for this parrot species. They usually move loudly through the canopy of tall trees in small groups. The cries of the birds are very shrill.

Reproduction

The Philippines' spatula-tailed parrot builds its nest high up in the trunks of dead trees. The incubation period is 17–23 days. Both parent animals look after the young. This species nests together in smaller colonies.

Subspecies

So far, two subspecies are known:

Danger

Due to its relatively wide distribution and since no threats from environmental changes are known for this species, the IUCN classifies this species as Least Concern .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Parrots & cockatoos.
  2. ^ Finn Salomonsen, p. 224.
  3. ^ Louis Pierre Vieillot, p. 7, panel XXVI.
  4. ↑ Prioniturus discurus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017.1. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

literature

  • Jiří Felix (eds.), Květoslav Hísek: Asian fauna in color. Translated from the Czech by Ingeborg Šestáková. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1989, pp. 57-58.
  • Christopher M. Perrins : The Great Encyclopedia of Birds. From the English, Orbis-Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-572-00810-7 , pp. 167-168.
  • Joseph Michael Forshaw (ed.), David Kirshner: Encyclopedia of the Wildlife: Birds. Translated from the English by Derek Vinyard. Orbis, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-572-01378-4 , p. 119.
  • Louis Pierre Vieillot: La Galerie des Oiseaux du cabinet d'histoire naturelle du jardin du roi . Aillard & Constant-Chantpie, Paris 1822 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Finn Salomonsen: Miscellaneous notes on Philippine birds . In: Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk forening i Kjøbenhavn . tape 115 , 1951, pp. 205-281 .

Web links

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