White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Least Concern

The White-tailed Tropicbird is a graceful tropicbird of tropical oceans and island coasts worldwide. It spends most of its life over warm open sea, plunge-diving for fish and squid, and returns to cliffs, ledges, or island ground to breed with its distinctive long tail streamers.

Family

Phaethontidae

Group

Tropicbirds

Range

White-tailed Tropicbird Range — Resident or seasonal range in tropical oceans and island coasts worldwide

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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