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Red-billed tropicbird P. aethereus (tropical Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and Indian oceans) Red-tailed tropicbird, P. rubricauda (Indian Ocean and the western and central tropical Pacific) White-tailed tropicbird, P. lepturus (widespread in tropical waters, except in the eastern Pacific) The red-billed tropicbird is basal within the genus.
The bird has a black band on the inner wing, a black eye-mask, and an orange-yellow to orange-red bill. [8] The bill colour, pure white back and black wing bar distinguish this species from the red-billed tropicbird. The white-tailed tropicbird breeds on tropical islands, laying a single egg directly onto the ground or a cliff ledge.
Some birds may remain at the breeding site year-round. [42] On sub-tropical Lady Elliott Island off Queensland, they nest in winter, which scientists think may be timed to avoid the common breeding times of most migratory species of seabird, such as the noisy Wedge-tailed Shearwater (mutton bird). Not much is yet known about their habits though.
Texas State Parks posted a photo Monday, Nov. 27, on X, formerly Twitter, of a gray-collared becard spotted at Resaca de la Palma State Park in Brownsville. It marks just the third sighting of the ...
The red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling a tern in appearance, it has mostly white plumage with some black markings on the wings and back, a black mask and, as its common name suggests, a red bill.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.