White-tailed tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phaethon lepturus
Author Daudin, 1802
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174676
Common Names Spanish: Rabijunco cola blanca
French: Phaéton à bec jaune
English: White-tailed Tropicbird
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Phaethontiformes
          Family: Phaethontidae
            Genus: Phaethon
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus ascensionis
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus dorotheae
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus europae
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus fulvus
Subspecies: Phaethon lepturus lepturus
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN174676
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)2,709
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets25
Year1969 - 2017
Latitude-38.42 - 44.26
Longitude-179.97 - 179.89
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