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| Phaethon aethereus |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Tropicbirds |
Order: Pelecaniformes |
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Red-billed tropicbird |
Phaéton à bec rouge |
Rabijunco etero |
Rotschnabel-Tropikvogel |
No regular migration; some adults can be seen in vicinity of colonies all year round. Extensive dispersal,
especially of juveniles, often over waters fairly near breeding grounds, e.g. birds from Cape Verde Is move to
areas of upwelling off W Africa; but many disperse much further out to sea, and adults from Galapagos known
to wander some 1500 km. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |