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White tailed tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Photo by veneta.tashev
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Field Notes

Description:

Long tailed white bird with bright red beak

Habitat:

Shores

Notes:

I am pretty sure that the tail is white on the photos above, but sometimes it is hard to tell.

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White-tailed Tropicbird

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PublishedMarch 20, 2012

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