Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
Red-tailed tropicbird
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Family:  Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
Max. size:  78 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 850.0 g
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific and Southern Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 6.24 cm; tarsus: 2.82 cm; wing: 21.87 cm.
Biology:  Total Length: 30 to 35 cm; Wingspan: 104 cm (Ref. 8812). Length: 78 cm; Wingspan: 107 cm (Ref. 91362).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 09 December 2019 Ref. 123251)
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