Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many...

The red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling...

The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) or yellow-billed tropicbird is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the...

The red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) is a seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One of three closely related species...

and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda Order: Procellariiformes   Family:...

to belong to a clade known as Metaves. Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda (A) Order: Sphenisciformes   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...

and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda Order: Procellariiformes   Family:...

diversity, Réunion is home to a variety of birds such as the white-tailed tropicbird (French: paille en queue). Many of these birds species are endemic to...

Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (sunbittern and kagu)...

species have been recorded in Peru. Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (V) Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda (H) Order: Sphenisciformes   Family:...

markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus (A) Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (A) Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda (A)...

Gruiformes (cranes and relatives) Phaethontimorphae Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons...

mannikin, Black noddy, Wedge-tailed shearwater, White-tailed tropicbird, Red-tailed tropicbird, Common myna, Common waxbill, Cattle egret and a variety of...

its habitat areas. Another well-known species includes the white-tailed tropicbird, locally known as the longtail. These birds come inland to breed around...

swallow-tailed gulls, blue-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, red-billed tropicbirds, Galápagos hawks, three species of Darwin's finches, and the waved albatross...

"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...

Phaethontimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) and Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) recovered by genome analysis...

Giles Island are important seabird nesting colonies, with red-billed tropicbirds, magnificent frigatebirds and Audubon's shearwaters, among others. Coral...

excess of 30 years. Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central...

Kermadec petrel, wedge-tailed shearwater, Australasian gannet, red-tailed tropicbird and grey ternlet. The sooty tern (known locally as the whale bird) has...

a hypothetical dark matter particle Phaethon, genus name of the three tropicbird species Phaeton, Haiti, an old factory town Phaethon (roller coaster)...

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...

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...

meaning arrowtail, an apt description for, and in that time the name of the tropicbird. Adverse winds prohibited him from coming closer and no native people...

Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Kagu, Sunbittern, tropicbirds, loons, penguins". World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists'...

thermals whipping off a coastal cliff. Tropicbirds can even fly backwards against a strong headwind; Red-tailed tropicbird pairs use this ability to circle...

monophyletic group, even after the removal of the distantly-related tropicbirds. Their relationships and delimitation – apart from being part of a "higher...

subspecies. Fourteen species of seabirds breed on the island. Red-tailed tropicbirds can be seen in large numbers circling the Malabar cliffs, where they...