White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) occurs as a distinctive morph on Europa Island. From Wordnik.com. [Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub] Reference
The bird fauna of Niue Island, southwest Pacific, with special notes on the white-tailed tropicbird and golden plover. From Wordnik.com. [Tongan tropical moist forests] Reference
Geographical variation in the white-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, with the description of a new subspecies endemic to Europa Island, southern Mozambique Channel. From Wordnik.com. [Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub] Reference
The major islands have such special species as the white-tailed tropicbird, the rare Manx (Newell's) shearwater, and the dark-rumped petrel, all of which seek crater walls for nesting. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaiian Islands Province (Bailey)] Reference
Other notable species are the brown booby (16), blue-footed booby (2,000), white-tailed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (100) and brown noddy Anous stolidus (650 – the largest colony in Mexico). From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
For seabirds some of the largest colonies of tropical Atlantic seabirds are found on the Fernando de Noronha islands, with large numbers species including the black noddy or Anous minutis, the brown noddy Anous stolidus, the sooty tern Sterna fuscata, the fairy tern Gygis alba, the masked booby Sula dactylatra, the brown booby Sula leucogaster, the red footed booby Sula sula; the magnificent frigatebird Fragata magnificans and the red-billed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus. From Wordnik.com. [Brazilian Atlantic Islands, Brazil] Reference
The red-tailed tropicbird of Christmas Island is known for its acrobatics. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The resident seabird population includes: red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) (nests on sand under bushes), white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), greater frigatebird (Fregata minor), lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel), red-footed booby (Sula sula), brown booby (Sula leucogaster), Caspian tern (Sterna caspia), sooty tern (Sterna fuscata) and Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri). From Wordnik.com. [Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub] Reference
Approximately half of the world’s population of flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes hullianus) breeds on the Island, and Lord Howe Island has the greatest concentration of red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda). From Wordnik.com. [Lord Howe Island subtropical forests] Reference
These include the world’s fourth largest population of blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii, Mexico’s largest population of brown booby S. leucogaster and large colonies of brown pelican and red-billed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
Among the migratory species found within the island group are black noddy (Anous minutus), which builds its nest in trees and on cliffs of Fernando de Noronha using algae collected from the surface of the ocean; brown noddy (Anous stolidus); sooty tern (Sterna fuscata); fairy tern or white tern (Gygis alba), a pure white bird that lays its eggs in the forks of tree branches; red-footed booby (Sula sula); masked booby (Sula dactylatra); brown booby (Sula leucogaster); magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificans) and red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (both of which are noted for their extremely long tail feathers). From Wordnik.com. [Fernanda de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests] Reference
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