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Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Found this bird on our liveaboard Boat in the morning, she was weak but eventually managed to fly away.

The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.

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Red-billed Tropicbird

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Comments (3)
AlbertKang
Thanks, @Joshua. Have added it to the Mission.
JoshuaGSmith
Beautiful! I would be thrilled if you could add this and any other Ecuadorian bird spotting to the mission here: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/450886033 Thanks for giving PN so many great spottings!

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PublishedApril 18, 2014

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