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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 ...
Red-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
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
Red-tailed tropicbird 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
White-tailed tropicbird or tava'e, a common seabird. 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
This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3486 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1907 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1850.
White-tailed tropicbird. Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae. 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 of tropicbirds have been recorded in Georgia. White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus (R)