White-tailed Tropicbirds are the smallest of the three species of Tropicbird. They are widely spread throughout southern oceans except for the Pacific.
These birds lay a single egg on a cliff ledge or on the ground.
Classification:
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Phaethontidae
Genus: Phaethon
Species: P. lepturus
Photos:
White-tailed tropicbird AKA Golden Bosun (Ed. note: This is the subspecies P. l. fulvus of Christmas Island.)
White-tailed Tropicbird
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