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red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) juvenile
| Subject: | red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) juvenile
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Date: 2008:06:09 14:36:48
Camera: DSC-H2 (SONY)
F number: f/3.5
Exposure: 10/1250 sec
Focal Length: 462/10
Upload Date: 2017:04:03 23:57:45
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Casuarina equisetifolia (habit with red tailed tropicbird chick). Location: Midway Atoll, East of northsouth runway Sand Island
Date 9 June 2008
Source Plants of Hawaii, Image 080609-7979 from http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/image/?q=080609-7979
Author Forest & Kim Starr http://www.hear.org/starr/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_080609-7979_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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