Archive for the ‘Phaethontidae’ Category

• Red-tailed tropicbird

  Aug 1 | Tropicbirds, Tropicbirds+ | Little Stint | 658 Views | with Comments Off on Red-tailed tropicbird

  Red-tailed tropicbird – Phaethon rubricauda – is a long-tailed, medium sized migratory pelagic seabird of Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. In the AWB Region it breeds on the Comoros Islands, and outside of the...

• White-tailed tropicbird

  Jun 9 | Tropicbirds, Tropicbirds+ | Little Stint | 632 Views | with Comments Off on White-tailed tropicbird

  White-tailed tropicbird – Phaethon lepturus – is a small/mid sized Indian Ocean tropicbird of Type – seabird, Family Phaethontidae and Order Phaethontiformes. It is found in the Tropical Areas of the Atlantic,...

• Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds+

  Jun 10 | Phaethontidae, Tropicbirds+ | Little Stint | 1132 Views | with Comments Off on Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds+

  Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds are a family of medium sized pelagic species of Type – Seabird closely resembling Terns but with extremely long central tail feathers and are found in all the Tropical Oceans and contains...

• Red-billed tropicbird

  Apr 23 | Tropicbirds, Tropicbirds+ | Little Stint | 1426 Views | with No Comments

  The Red-billed tropicbird – Phaethon aethereus is a medium sized tropical seabird which has a very long tail and is in the family Phaethontidae. Apart from the long tail, it looks quite similar to a tern and is found in the...