Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

The White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a 328 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Tropicbirds

Order

Phaethontiformes

Weight

328 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

44

Recorded in United States, BM, SC, Palau, RE, Puerto Rico, Fr. Polynesia, Mauritius, CX, Australia, KY, MP, Bahamas, Sao Tome and Principe, Jamaica, WF, Samoa, Brazil, UM, Indonesia, Micronesia, AS, CK, New Caledonia, CC, TC, Dominican Rep., GP, Madagascar, Tonga, Fiji, YT, Dominica, SH, MV, Chile, Papua New Guinea, IO, MQ, VI, NU, VG, Taiwan, Vanuatu.

Where to see it: Nauru · Menen Hotel (Nauru); Fakaofo (Tokelau); Matavai Scenic Resort, NIUE (Niue); Niue (Niue); Boatswain Bird Island (landing prohibited) (Saint Helena).

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