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The adult white-tailed tropicbird is a slender, mainly white bird, 71–80 cm long including the very long central tail feathers, which double its total length. The wingspan is 89–96 cm. The bird has a black band on the inner wing, a black eye-mask, and an orange-yellow to orange-red bill. [8]
White-tailed tropicbird, P. lepturus (widespread in tropical waters, except in the eastern Pacific) The red-billed tropicbird is basal within the genus. The split between the red-billed tropicbird and the other two tropicbirds is hypothesized to have taken place about six million years ago, with the split between the red-tailed and white-tailed ...
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus; Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus
A white-tailed tropicbird or longtail. Of the introduced birds, the European starling, house sparrow, great kiskadee, rock dove, American crow and chicken [13] are all very numerous and considered to be pests. Other introduced species include the mallard, northern cardinal, European goldfinch and small numbers of orange-cheeked and common waxbills.
Koaʻeʻula (red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda) are gull-sized birds with white plumage and long red tail streamers. Koaʻeʻula put on spectacular aerial courtship displays during their breeding season, and nest under shrubs and on cliffs. Koaʻeʻkea (white-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus) are
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head. Two species have been recorded in Massachusetts. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus (R) Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (R)
White-tailed tropicbird. Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae. Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus; Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. Their heads and long wings have black markings. White-tailed tropicbird , Phaethon lepturus (A)