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  2. Phaethontiformes - Wikipedia

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    The Phaethontiformes / ˌ f eɪ. ɪ ˈ θ ɒ n t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are an order of birds. They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early Cenozoic. Several fossil genera have been described, with well-preserved fossils known as early as the Paleocene. [2]

  3. Tropicbird - Wikipedia

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    Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds.They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes.For many years they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicates they are most closely related to the Eurypygiformes.

  4. White-tailed tropicbird - Wikipedia

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    It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It is found in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It also breeds on some Caribbean islands, and a few pairs have started nesting recently on Little Tobago, joining the red-billed tropicbird colony.

  5. Red-billed tropicbird - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Eurypygimorphae - Wikipedia

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    Eurypygimorphae or Phaethontimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) and Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) recovered by genome analysis. [2] The relationship was first identified in 2013 based on their nuclear genes. [ 3 ]

  7. List of birds of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    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-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (A) Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda

  8. List of birds of Asia - Wikipedia

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    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-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus; Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda

  9. List of birds of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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 (A) Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda (A)