White-Tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
Also known as: White-Tailed Tropic-Bird, Tropic, White Bird, Yellow-Billed Tropicbird, Yellow-Billed Tropic-Bird
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
VertFishScav
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
328 g
LCAvesPhaethontiformesPhaethontidae
Seasonal Activity
61,664 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Phaethontiformes
- Family
- Phaethontidae
Traits
- Diet
- VertFishScav
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 328 g
Photo
(c) Rafy Rodriguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.