Family

Phaethontidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Phaethontiformes › Phaethontidae

Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802

Phaethon lepturus, the white-tailed tropicbird, is a slender white oceanic seabird that feeds on fish and squid and breeds on tropical islands.

Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758

Phaethon aethereus, the red-billed tropicbird, is a seabird with a red bill and white tail streamers found across tropical oceans.

Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783

Phaethon rubricauda, the red-tailed tropicbird, is a large seabird native to warm southern Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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