red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) juvenile

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red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) juvenile

Casuarina equisetifolia (with Phaethon rubricaudai chick). Location: Midway Atoll, Sand Island
Date 17 May 1999
Source Plants of Hawaii, Image 990517-0739 from http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=990517-0739
Author Forest & Kim Starr
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_990517-0739_Casuarina_equisetifolia.jpg

The red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It nests in colonies on oceanic islands. The species is also known by its Maori name, amokura.

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Scientific Name: Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 Common Names: Red-tailed Tropicbird, amokura French: Phaéton à brins rouges, Phaéton à queue rouge; German: Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel; Spanish: Rabijunco colirrojo, Rabijunco cola roja Taxonomy: Phaeton [sic] rubricauda Boddaert, 1783, Mauritius.

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