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Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes - only three species (all 3 species depicted)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Genus: Phaethon

Species on page

+ Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
+ Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
+ White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton lepturus)

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Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

Tropicbird with incoming at 11 o'clock

tropicbird
Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Santa Cruz Island
Galápagos

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Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Subtropic bird

tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton rubricauda)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Quarry, Easter Island
October 25, 2009
Canon XSi

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Tavake

easter island tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton rubricauda)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Quarry, Easter Island
October 25, 2009
Canon XSi

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Red tail over head

tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton rubricauda)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Quarry, Easter Island
October 25, 2009
Canon XSi

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Tropicbird

easter island tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton rubricauda)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Quarry, Easter Island
October 25, 2009
Canon Rebel XSi

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Tropicbird

easter island tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton rubricauda)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Quarry, Easter Island
October 25, 2009
Canon REBEL T1i

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White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton lepturus)

Tropicbird

micronesia 2018

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton lepturus)
Family: Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Sokehs, Pohnpei
May 31, 2018
Canon 7Dmark 2

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Created: December 14, 2012
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