BIRDS of THE WORLD - An Online Bird Book
TROPICBIRDs
Order Phaethontiformes Family Phaethontidae
- 1 genus
Genus Phaethon
Tropicbird,_Red-billed Phaethon aethereus Found: The Americas, Asia , Africa
Image by: 1)
Cathie Barron 2, 5)
Nick Athanas - Galapagos, Panama 3)
claumoho 4)
Dominic Sherony
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Tropicbird,_Red-tailed Phaethon rubricauda Found: North America, Asia, Africa, Hawaii, Australiasia
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Erik Oberg 2)
Werner Witte - Madagascar 3)
Dick - Kilauea Point 4)
Noah Kahn 5)
Kevin Rolle - Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
6, 7) Dick Daniels - Kilauea Point, Kauai, Hawaii
1) Chick 2) Juvenile 3 - 7) Adult
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Tropicbird,_White-tailed Phaethon lepturus Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Hawaii, Australiasia
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Dino Sassi - the Seychelles 2)
Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner - the Seychelles 3)
Nik_Borrow
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