Birds of the World

    PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)  
Genus: Phaethon (3 species)


Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
Range: TrO: tropical and subtropical islands off nw Africa, n South Atlantic, Persian Gulf region, se Vietnam, nw Mexico to Ecuador, and Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago  
   
Photograph by Dominic Sherony     Copyright and usage info


White-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Range: TrO: widespread all tropical oceans (except e Pacific and ne Atlantic)
Dolphins' Bay Viewpoint, Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
Range: TrO, IO, PO: tropical and subtropical islands of South Indian and Pacific oceans
Malabar Lookout, Lord Howe Island, Australia  
   
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info



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