Red-tailed tropicbird - Phaethon rubricauda

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phaethon rubricauda
Author Boddaert, 1783
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174679
Common Names Spanish: Rabijunco cola roja
French: Phaéton à brins rouges
English: Red-tailed Tropicbird
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Phaethontiformes
          Family: Phaethontidae
            Genus: Phaethon
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
Subspecies: Phaethon rubricauda roseotinctus
Subspecies: Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda
Subspecies: Phaethon rubricauda westralis
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN174679
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)578
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets17
Year1922 - 2018
Latitude-39.50 - 33.50
Longitude-179.60 - 175.40
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