Red-billed Tropicbird
The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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The Indian Ocean race of the Red-billed Tropicbird, P. a. indicus, was at one time considered a full species, the Lesser Red-billed Tropicbird from Pakistan and the western Republic of India.
Red-billed Tropicbird Media
Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus subsp. aethereus) in Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil.
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus subsp. mesonauta) in waters around Trinidad & Tobago
A rare red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus subsp. indicus) found in small islands of Lakshadweep
A chick of the subspecies mesonauta can be seen with a yellow beak turning its head to look at the camera.
A red-billed tropicbird can be seen nesting. It is turning its head slightly away from the camera, bringing its eye to the centre.
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2008). Phaethon aethereus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 16 April 2009.