red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Query: seabird

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Subject:	red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
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Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Phaëton rubricaudus
Date 1825-1834
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 279
Old Latin name Phaëton rubricaudus
New Latin name Phaethon rubricauda
Common name Nederlands: Roodstaartkeerkringvogel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pha%C3%ABton_rubricaudus_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18000015.tif

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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