White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus

Length 1.2-2.4 ft (38.1-73.7 cm)
Wingspan 3.1 ft (94.0 cm)
Weight 11 oz (311.8 g)
Clutch Size 1
Chicks at birth Semi-altricial
IUCN Conservation Status Least Concern
Continents:NA, SA, AF, AS
     

The White-tailed Tropicbird are found in tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans. They nests on tropical and subtropical islands such as the Hawaiian Islands and Little Tobago. The sexes are similar. They mostly eat surface-dwelling fish and squid.

Adult
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11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
Picture/image of White-tailed Tropicbird
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
Picture/image of White-tailed Tropicbird
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
Picture/image of White-tailed Tropicbird
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
11/30/2010 - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai
Picture/image of White-tailed Tropicbird
Tropicbird in the middle - they will fly through the steam vent
09/11/2011 - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island
Tropicbird in the middle - they will fly through the steam vent
09/11/2011 - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island
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12/10/2015 - Waimea State Park, Kauai, HI
12/10/2015 - Waimea State Park, Kauai, HI

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