White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Subspecies (6)
David S. Lee and Martha Walsh-McGee
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witpylstert |
| Bulgarian | Белоопашат фаетон |
| Catalan | cua de jonc becgroc |
| Chinese | 白尾熱帶鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白尾鹲 |
| Czech | faeton pruhokřídlý |
| Danish | Hvidhalet Tropikfugl |
| Dutch | Witstaartkeerkringvogel |
| English | White-tailed Tropicbird |
| English (HAW) | Koaʻe kea - White-tailed Tropicbird |
| English (United States) | White-tailed Tropicbird |
| French | Phaéton à bec jaune |
| French (France) | Phaéton à bec jaune |
| German | Weißschwanz-Tropikvogel |
| Greek | Λεύκουρος Φαέθων |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Pay-an-ke bèk jòn |
| Hebrew | פיתון לבן-זנב |
| Hungarian | Fehércsőrű trópusimadár |
| Icelandic | Silfurspíra |
| Indonesian | Buntut-sate putih |
| Japanese | シラオネッタイチョウ |
| Malayalam | വെള്ളവാലൻ ഉറുമിവാലൻ |
| Norwegian | småtropikkfugl |
| Polish | faeton żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | rabo-de-palha-de-bico-laranja |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabijunco-pequeno |
| Russian | Белохвостый фаэтон |
| Serbian | Belorepi feton |
| Slovak | faeton bielochvostý |
| Slovenian | Belorepi tropik |
| Spanish | Rabijunco Menor |
| Spanish (Chile) | Ave del trópico de cola blanca |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Rabijunco Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Contramaestre |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Rabijunco Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Rabijunco Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Rabijunco Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Rabijunco Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Chirre Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabijunco menor |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Chíparo Fantasma |
| Swedish | vitstjärtad tropikfågel |
| Thai | นกร่อนทะเลหางขาว |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Tropikkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фаетон білохвостий |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
PROTONYM:
Phaëton lepturus
Daudin, 1802. Histoire Naturelle par Buffon, Quadrupèdes 14, p.319.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mauritius.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHAETHON
- phaethon
- lepturus
- Lepturus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-tailed Tropicbird
