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Phaethon
Taxonomy
Phaethon was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phaethontidae by Wetmore (1962), Olson (1975), Morgan (1994), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Burley (2019).
It was assigned to Phaethontidae by Wetmore (1962), Olson (1975), Morgan (1994), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Burley (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Phaethon Linnaeus |
| 1962 | Phaethon Wetmore p. 17 |
| 1975 | Phaethon Olson p. 22 |
| 1994 | Phaethon Morgan p. 467 |
| 2014 | Phaethon del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Phaethon Clements et al. |
| 2019 | Phaethon Worthy and Burley |
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G. Phaethon Linnaeus 1758
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed tropicbird]
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 [red-tailed tropicbird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available