NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Green Racket-tail
Prioniturus luconensis Steere, 1890
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Green Racket-tail photographed on March 6, 2021, in Zambales, Philippines
Vinz Pascua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The green racket-tail (Prioniturus luconensis) is an endemic parrot of the Philippines where it is found on Luzon and Marinduque. This species was once common, but is rapidly declining and is currently classified as endangered due to lowland deforestation and capture for cage-bird trade. The population is now estimated to be just 300 - 800 mature individuals and is continuing to decline with many local extinctions in its former range.
It is illegal to hunt, capture, or keep Green racket-tails and any other wild bird in the Philippines under Philippine Law RA 9147.
Wikipedia contributors, Green racket-tail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:26:41.639632+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Prioniturus luconensis Steere, 1890
- Name authority
- Steere, 1890
- Common name
- Green Racket-tail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Prioniturus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusPrioniturus Wagler, 1832
- speciesPrioniturus luconensis Steere, 1890
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Prioniturus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue-crowned Racket-tailPrioniturus discurus (Vieillot, 1822) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luzon Montane Racquet-tailPrioniturus montanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-headed Racket-tailPrioniturus platenae W. Blasius, 1888 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao Montane Racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradti Rothschild, 1904 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-breasted Racket-tailPrioniturus flavicans Cassin, 1853 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buru Racket-tailPrioniturus mada Hartert, 1900 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-mantled Racket-tailPrioniturus platurus (Vieillot, 1818) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Steere, J. B. (1890). List of Birds Collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with Localities and with Brief Preliminary Descriptions of Supposed New Species. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4MFF5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.