Tropicbirds

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

The Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) is a 672 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Tropicbirds

Order

Phaethontiformes

Weight

672 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

27

Photo: (c) Geoff Shuetrim, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist