red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) English: Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) at Tern Island, Hawaii
Bahasa Indonesia: Buntut-sate merah (Phaethon rubricauda) di Pulau Tern, Hawaii
Date 17 June 2006, 04:10:07
Source Flickr: Red-tailed Tropicbird in flight
Author Duncan https://www.flickr.com/people/11056712@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-tailed_Tropicbird_in_flight_-_Tern_Island.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. The red-tailed tropicbird nests on oceanic islands in large colonies from the Hawaiian Islands to Easter Island and across to Mauritius and the Reunion Island. In Madagascar they nest on the tiny island of Nosy Ve. In Australia, they nest on Queensland's coral islands (including Lady Elliot Island) and islands off Western Australia. They disperse widely after breeding, birds ringed in Hawaii have been recovered as far away as Japan and the Philippines. They range from the Red Sea to New Zealand and Chile.
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Phaethontidae
Genus: Phaethon
Species: Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783