C IUCN · LC · Least Concern Phaethontiformes Phaethontidae

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

CIOC 2348

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Phaethontiformes · Phaethontidae

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus).

ATK111

DEF76

2287 / 11068

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Illustration · not to scale

Body Mass: 328 g
Wingspan: 91 cm
Diet: Aquatic prey
Migration: Migratory

⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale

ATK 111

Dagger-like or spear bill specialized for precision thrusts and instantaneous underwater strike acceleration (ATK 111).

DEF 76

Tightly preened water-repellent oiled plumage resisting freezing currents and dive water resistance (DEF 76).

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How to identify

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Similar species

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Calls & songs

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🌍 Range & Habitat

Distribution: TrO: widespread all tropical oceans (except Eastern Pacific and Northeastern Atlantic) Habitat: Marine & Coastal

6 · Subspecies & regional ranges

Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
Bermuda and Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Is. and Lesser Antilles
Phaethon lepturus ascensionis
islands of tropical South Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil) and Ascension I. (sc South Atlantic)
Phaethon lepturus lepturus
tropical Indian Ocean: Comoros, n, nw Madagascar, Inner Is. (ne Seychelles), Mascarenes (w Indian Ocean); Chagos Arch., Maldives (nc Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) I. (e Indian Ocean), se Java to Lombok (w Lesser Sundas) and Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia)
Phaethon lepturus europae
Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel)
Phaethon lepturus fulvus
Christmas I. (s of w Java)
Phaethon lepturus dorotheae
tropical w Pacific: remote islets of Melanesia, Northern Mariana Is. s to Palau (w Caroline Is., sw Micronesia) and all Polynesian groups e to Easter I. (=Eastern group, e Polynesia) and n to Midway I. (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) and main Hawaiian is.

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