Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many years they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicates they are most closely related to the Eurypygiformes. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon. The scientific names are derived from Ancient Greek phaethon, "sun".[2] They have predominantly white plumage with elongated tail feathers and small feeble legs and feet.
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Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many...
and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda Order: Procellariiformes Family:...
of bosun or tropicbirds also nest on the island, including the golden bosun (P. l. fulvus), a subspecies of the white-tailed tropicbird that is endemic...
excess of 30 years. Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central...
and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda Order: Procellariiformes Family:...
its habitat areas. Another well-known species includes the white-tailed tropicbird, locally known as the longtail. These birds come inland to breed around...
Giles Island are important seabird nesting colonies, with red-billed tropicbirds, magnificent frigatebirds and Audubon's shearwaters, among others. Coral...
species have been recorded in Peru. Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (V) Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda (H) Order: Sphenisciformes Family:...
"fairs". Other seabirds include some types of boobies, petrels, and tropicbirds (named boatswain, pronounced BO-sun birds, by the inhabitants of the...
ɪˈθɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/ are an order of birds. They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early...
the eggs. Some species, such as the lesser nighthawk and the red-tailed tropicbird, help reduce the nest's temperature by placing it in partial or full shade...
Lithuania: A crane. Air Mauritius: A red paille-en-queue (red-tailed tropicbird or Phaethon rubricauda), a fish-eating tropical bird. Air Macau: A dove...
Phaethontimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) and Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) recovered by genome analysis...
it erroneously depicted the red-billed tropicbird and was changed to the indigenous white-tailed tropicbird. Economy of Bermuda Chalmers 1893, p. 152...
monophyletic group, even after the removal of the distantly-related tropicbirds. Their relationships and delimitation – apart from being part of a "higher...
nesting sites for sea birds, including the providence petrel and red-tailed tropicbird. The waters around the island support the southernmost true coral reefs...
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