C IUCN · LC · Least Concern Phaethontiformes Phaethontidae

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

CIOC 2347

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Phaethontiformes · Phaethontidae

Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda).

ATK112

DEF85

2286 / 11068

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Illustration · not to scale

Body length: 95–104 cm
Body Mass: 671.9 g
Wingspan: 100 cm
Diet: Aquatic prey
Migration: Migratory

⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale

ATK 112

Dagger-like or spear bill specialized for precision thrusts and instantaneous underwater strike acceleration (ATK 112).

DEF 85

Tightly preened water-repellent oiled plumage resisting freezing currents and dive water resistance (DEF 85).

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How to identify

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Similar species

Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.

Calls & songs

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🌍 Range & Habitat

Distribution: TrO & Indian Ocean & Pacific Ocean: tropical and subtropical islands of South Indian and Pacific oceans Habitat: Marine & Coastal

4 · Subspecies & regional ranges

Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda
w Indian Ocean islands: Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra and Cosmoledo (Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), Aride (n Inner Is., ne Seychelles), Nosy Ve (sw Madagascar) and the Mascarenes
Phaethon rubricauda westralis
e Indian Ocean islands: Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas I. (s of Java), Rowley Shoals and Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia) and Sugarloaf Rock (off sw Australia); also (presumably this race) Gunungapi and Manuk (w, c Banda Sea, e Indonesia)
Phaethon rubricauda roseotinctus
e Australasian islands and sw Pacific: Great Barrier Reef islands, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia) and Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand)
Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
w, c, s Pacific islands: s Ryukyu (=Nansei Shoto), Ogasawara (=Bonin) and Iwo (=Volcano) is. (sw, se Japan) to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, e through Micronesia and Polynesia to Northwestern and main Hawaiian Is. and Easter and Salas y Gomez (Eastern Is. group, e Polynesia); presumably this race, I. San Benedicto (Is. Revillagigedos, far w of c Mexico)

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