Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Order

PELECANIFORMES

Family

Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)

Code 4

RBTR

Code 6

PHAAET

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
Eye Color: Brown to brown-black.
Head Pattern: Eyeline
Crown Color: White
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: White with fine black barring.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 46-102 cm (18-40 in)
Weight: 771 g (27.2 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: White
Underparts: White
Upperparts: White with fine black barring.
Back Pattern: Barred or banded
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with strong steady shallow wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 112 cm (44 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Long slender white streamers with fine black barring on uppertail coverts
Upper Tail: White with fine black barring.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Black

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