Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 (red-tailed tropicbird)
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Aves - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Belongs to Phaethon according to S. Rigal et al. 2018
See also Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Steadman 1992 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Phaethon aethereus, Phaethon lepturus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (9 collections), the Marshall Islands (1), Pitcairn (11), the Seychelles (2), Solomon Islands (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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