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 overall population is not well understood. The main possible threats to this species are habitat loss and trapping. While historical rates of lowland forest loss were very high on Mindoro, recent rates have been much slower, and from 2010 to 2023 forest cover in this species’ range was reduced by 5-7%. Given this species’ need for nesting hollows, additional pressure from selective logging may have had an impact, and only small areas of Mindoro’s lowland forests are highly intact. The threat of trapping is difficult to quantify, but there is currently no evidence that this species is trapped at a scale that is driving declines. Accordingly, this species is suspected of declining at a rate of 5-19% over three generations.
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.