Red-billed Tropicbird facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Red-billed Tropicbird |
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Phaethontiformes
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P. aethereus
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| Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
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The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The Indian Ocean race of the Red-billed Tropicbird, P. a. indicus, was at one time considered a full species, the Lesser Red-billed Tropicbird from Pakistan and the western Republic of India.
Images for kids
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P. a. mesonauta chick, Little Tobago
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P. a. mesonauta, nesting, Little Tobago
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See also
In Spanish: Rabijunco etéreo para niños
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