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Tropicbirds

Tropicbirds

3 Bird Species
Red-billed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Large, slender, white seabird with extremely long tail streamers on adults. White head with thick eye-stripe almost meeting on nape. Red, decurved bill. Finely barred black back and rump. Outer primaries black. Underparts white. Legs and feet black. Tail streamers long and white. Juveniles have yello more...

Length: 86 cm Wingspan: 112 cm

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Slender, white seabird with pointy wings and long, reddish tail streamers. Dark eye-line curved near gape, continuing through eye. Reddish-orange decurved bill. Grayish legs and feet. Juveniles lack tail streamers and have yellowish bills. They are similar to juvenile Red-billed and White-tailed Trop more...

Length: 82 cm Wingspan: 112 cm

White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird

Like a small Red-billed Tropicbird, with extremely long tail streamers. Mostly white. Head, back and underparts white. Short, dark eye-line. Fairly small yellowish bill. Adults have a dark patch on wing and wingtips. Feet and legs yellowish with black webbing. Only adults have tail streamers. In flig more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 94 cm

  • Red-billed Tropicbird

    Red-billed Tropicbird

    4 Photographs
  • Red-tailed Tropicbird

    Red-tailed Tropicbird

    6 Photographs
  • White-tailed Tropicbird

    White-tailed Tropicbird

    4 Photographs

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Non-vegetated Areas

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Salt Water

3 species

Red-billed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Open Ocean
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Open Ocean
White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Open Ocean
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Fresh Water

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Grassland and Scrubland

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Forest and Woodlands

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