White-tailed tropicbird (species: Phaethon lepturus) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Phaethon lepturus
White-tailed tropicbird


©Marion Schneider and Christoph Aistleitner: Cousin Island, Seychelles

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Phaethontiformes
Family Phaethontidae
Genus Phaethon
Species Phaethon lepturus
Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.