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- White-tailed Tropicbird (Indian Ocean)
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White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Jaume Orta, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published May 10, 2016

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Distribution of the White-tailed Tropicbird - Range Map
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Distribution of the White-tailed Tropicbird

Recommended Citation

Orta, J., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2016). White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/whttro/1.0
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