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 LC    Red-billed Tropicbird* Id (Atlas):
    Phaethon aethereus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-billed Tropicbird, Boatswain Bird

Family
Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)

Size
90 - 105 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1758

Habitat
Pelagic. Also coastal inshore waters, sea-cliffs and rocky offshore islands.

Range (Guide)
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cape Verde (B), Cayman Islands, Chile, China (mainland) (B), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, French Guiana, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Haiti, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Maldives, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Oman (B) (NB) (P), Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Portugal (B), Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal (B), Somalia, St Helena (B), St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB), Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Angola, Bermuda, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Netherlands, Qatar, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam.

Unknown to Honduras.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000 - 20,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

 
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) [XC166592]
     by from Close to Isla San Pedro Martir, Mexico (call)

 
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) [XC164032]
     by Micah Riegner from Raso, Cape Verde (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • aethereus Linnaeus, 1758   -  Southern Atlantic.
  • mesonauta Peters, JL, 1930   -  Eastern Pacific, Caribbean and eastern Atlantic.
  • indicus Hume, 1876   -  Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) - 10 files


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