Order
Phaethontiformes
Family
Phaethontidae
Genus
Phaethon
 
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Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda

Betty A. Schreiber and R. W. Schreiber
Version: 2.0 — Published June 10, 2009

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Figure 1. Breeding range of the Red-tailed Tropicbird in the Hawaiian Islands and nonbreeding marine range. - Range Map
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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).

Recommended Citation

Schreiber, B. A. and R. W. Schreiber (2009). Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.43