Aves - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Phaethontidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Morgan 1994, Olson 1975, Wetmore 1962 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Heliadornis, Proplegadis
Subtaxa: Phaethon aethereus Phaethon lepturus Phaethon rubricauda
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Cook Islands (5), French Polynesia (16), the Marshall Islands (1), Mauritius (2), Micronesia (1), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (6), Palau (9), Pitcairn (11), Reunion (2), Saint Helena (5), the Seychelles (2), Solomon Islands (7), Tonga (2)
Total: 80 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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