White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phaethon lepturus
Author Daudin, 1802
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174676
Common Names English: White-tailed Tropicbird
French: Phaéton à bec jaune
Spanish: Rabijunco cola blanca
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Phaethontiformes
          Family: Phaethontidae
            Genus: Phaethon
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus ascensionis
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus dorotheae
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus europae
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus fulvus
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus lepturus
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174676
StatusIUCN:LC
#records560
#datasets18
Years1802 - 2010
Latitudes-37.88 - 40.67
Longitudes-149.07 - 151.28