Red-billed Tropicbird - Phaethon aethereus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phaethon aethereus
Author Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174673
Common Names English: Red-billed Tropicbird
French: Phaéton à bec rouge
Spanish: Rabijunco pico rojo
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Phaethontiformes
          Family: Phaethontidae
            Genus: Phaethon
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Phaethon aethereus aethereus
Subspecies: Phaethon aethereus indicus
Subspecies: Phaethon aethereus mesonauta
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174673
StatusIUCN:LC
#records275
#datasets13
Years1758 - 2010
Latitudes7.10 - 34.72
Longitudes-124.29 - 79.00