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White-tailed Tropicbird


Kingdom: Animalia     Phylum: Chordata     Class: Aves (Birds)     Order: Ciconiiformes     Family: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a rare visitor in coastal regions of India.  Size: 39 cm.

Identification: Wingspan: 37 inches. Sexes similar. Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed. Tern-sized bird with white head and body. Outer primaries black. Dark eye patch. Adult has long white tail streamers and yellow to orange bill. Immature lacks tail streamers.

Similar species: Adult Red-billed Tropicbird is larger with a slower wingbeat and lacks black patches on upperwing. Immature Red-billed has less distinct barring on the back. Adult Red-tailed Tropicbird also lacks the black patches on the upperwing.
 


Anseriformes Apodiformes Bucerotiformes Caprimulgiformes Charadriiformes Ciconiiformes Columbiformes Coraciiformes Cuculiformes
 
Falconiformes Galliformes Gaviiformes Gruiformes Passeriformes Pelecaniformes Phoenicopteriformes Piciformes Podicipediformes
 
Procellariiformes Psittaciformes Pteroclidiformes  Strigiformes  Trogoniformes Turniciformes Upupiformes