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White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)


Class: Aves
Family: Phaethontidae
Common Name: White-tailed Tropicbird
Genus: Phaethon
Species Name: lepturus

About The White-tailed Tropicbird

This species can be found across much of the tropical oceans, including the southern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific, and south Atlantic Ocean. Breeding colonies are also found in the Carribean (del Hoyo et al. 1992).

Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Phaethon lepturus. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

French Polynesia
Hawaii, Big Island
Hawaii, Kauai

Member Lifelists

Australasia
Hawaii
United States
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
3/7/2007
Seen flying around crater in the park.
7/13/2010
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
7/15/2010

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