Mindoro Racquet-tailed Parrot
Size:
27 cm (10.5 in)
Weight:
About 150 g.
Subspecies including nominate:
One
Colour Adult:
Both adults – Mainly green; head bright green with powder-blue suffusion on crown (but green on forehead). Undertail blue. Eye brown. Beak white/grey. Female has shorter spatules (racquets).
Colour Juvenile:
Green in colour; has less blue on crown and lacks tail racquets.
Call:
Not recorded.
Captive Status:
Not recorded.
Longevity:
—
Housing:
—
Diet:
—
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
8000-25,000 mature individuals, decreasing.
IUCN Red List Status:
Vulnerable
CITES Listing:
Appendix II
Threat Summary:
The species’ population is assumed to be declining due to ongoing trapping for local trade and habitat loss (agricultural expansion, logging for timber and development). The most recent records are from Siburan Important Bird and Biodiversity Area. While historically rates of lowland forest cover loss were very high on Mindoro recent rates have been much slower, and over the past three generations (2010-2023) forest cover in this species’ range was reduced by 5-7%.
Range:
Mindoro, N Philippine Islands.
Habitat:
Occurs in humid forest mainly in lowlands but has been observed up to 1670 m.
Wild Diet:
Not recorded.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Not recorded.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
Not recorded.
