White-tailed Tropicbird

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White-tailed Tropicbird (<em>Phaethon lepturus</em>) is a species of Tropicbirds (<em>Phaethontidae</em>) in the order Tropicbirds.

Overview

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a species of Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae) in the order Tropicbirds.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Phaethon; binomial: Phaethon lepturus; authority: Daudin, 1802.

Distribution

Breeding range: tropical oceans. Non-breeding range: pelagic; to waters off e Africa, w, s Sri Lanka (w, n Indian Ocean), Indonesian Arch. and New Guinea waters, ec Australia (sw South Pacific) and Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic).

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

No additional remarks recorded.

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