Tropicbird
Tropicbirds are a faimily, Phaethontidae, o tropical pelagic seabirds nou classified in thair ain order Phaethontiformes.
Tropicbirds Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present
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Reid-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Clade: | Eurypygimorphae |
Order: | Phaethontiformes Sharpe, 1891 |
Faimily: | Phaethontidae Brandt, 1840 |
Genus: | Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
eeditFaimily Phaethontidae
- Genus Phaethon
- Reid-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (tropical Atlantic, eastren Paceefic, an Indian oceans)
- Reid-tailed Tropicbird, P. rubricauda (Indian Ocean an the wastren an central tropical Paceefic)
- White-tailed Tropicbird, P. lepturus (widespread in tropical watters, except in the eastren Paceefic)
- ↑ "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. 2007. Archived frae the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 Juin 2017.