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Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Betty A. Schreiber and R. W. Schreiber
Version: 2.0 — Published June 10, 2009
Version: 2.0 — Published June 10, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooipylstert |
| Bulgarian | Червеноопашат фаетон |
| Chinese | 紅尾熱帶鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红尾鹲 |
| Dutch | Roodstaartkeerkringvogel |
| English (HAW) | Koaʻe ʻula - Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| English (United States) | Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| French | Phaéton à brins rouges |
| German | Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel |
| Hebrew | פיתון אדום-זנב |
| Icelandic | Rauðspíra |
| Indonesian | Buntut-sate merah |
| Japanese | アカオネッタイチョウ |
| Norwegian | rødhaletropikkfugl |
| Polish | faeton czerwonosterny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | rabo-de-palha-de-cauda-vermelha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabijunco-de-cauda-vermelha |
| Russian | Краснохвостый фаэтон |
| Serbian | Crvenorepi feton |
| Slovak | faeton červenochvostý |
| Spanish | Rabijunco Colirrojo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Ave del trópico de cola roja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Rabijunco Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Rabijunco Colirrojo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Rabijunco Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Peru) | Ave del Trópico de Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabijunco colirrojo |
| Swedish | rödstjärtad tropikfågel |
| Thai | นกร่อนทะเลหางแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Kuyruklu Tropikkuşu |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding range of the Red-tailed Tropicbird in the Hawaiian Islands and nonbreeding marine range.
Also breeds on islands south of the Hawaiian Islands Chain in the Pacific Ocean and on islands in the Indian Ocean (see text for details on breeding locations).