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Red-billed Tropicbird / Phaethon aethereus

Red-billed Tropicbird bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsRed-billed Tropic-bird, Redbilled Tropicbird, Short-tailed Tropicbird, Red-billed Tropic Bird, Short-tailed tropic-bird
Old latin name for birdPhaëthon aethereus, Phaeton aethereus
OrderTropicbirds / Phaethontiformes
FamilyTropicbirds / Phaethontidae
GenusPhaethon
Breeding regionTropical
Breeding subregiontropical and subtropical islands off nw Africa, n South Atlantic, Persian Gulf region, se Vietnam, nw Mexico to Ecuador, and Caribbean
Non breeding regionpelagic in tropical and subtropical oceans: in Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic), far out to sea in Atlantic, nw Indian Ocean to w Indian coast, c California to c Chile (e Pacific)

Red-billed Tropicbird bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Jesse Fagan
    Ecuador
  • 2.
    Call, © Terry Davis
    Netherlands
  • 3.
    Call, © Micah Riegner
    Mexico
  • 4.
    Call, © Micah Riegner
    Mexico
  • 5.
    Call, © Todd Mark
    Trinidad & Tobago
  • 6.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 7.
    Call, © Tero Linjama
    Cape Verde
  • 8.
    Call, © Micah Riegner
    Mexico
  • 9.
    Call, © Micah Riegner
    Mexico
  • 10.
    Call, © Terry Davis
    Netherlands
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird

Where to see Red-billed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Phaethon aethereus aethereustropical South Atlantic islands: Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil), Abrolhos Is. (off se Brazil; wc South Atlantic), Ascension and St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)-No
Phaethon aethereus indicustropical Indian Ocean marginal seacoasts: coastal Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, off ne Somalia, off e coast of Arabian Pen., and Persian Gulf; also Con Dao Is. (se of Vietnam)nw Indian Ocean to w coast of Indian coastNo
Phaethon aethereus mesonautatropical e North Atlantic, e Pacific and Caribbean islands: in Atlantic, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa) and Is. de la Madeleine (just off Senegal, w Africa); in e Pacific, Rocas Alijos (w of sw Baja California), islands in Gulf of California, islands off Nayarit and Colima, is. Revillagigedo and Tres Marias (nw, wc Mexico); is. Malpelo (w of Colombia), de la Plata (w of c Ecuador), Galápagos and Chañaral (off n Chile); in Caribbean, islands off n Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., Lesser Antilles, Tobago, and n of Venezuela-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansRooibekpylstert
Arabicاستوائي احمر المنقار, رئيس البحر
Azerbaijaniqırmızıdimdik faeton
BasqueCuajonc de bec roig
BelarusianЧырванадзюбы фаэтон
Bengaliরারমঠাুঁট চফলুফীয়া
BulgarianЧервеноклюн фетон, Червеноклюн фаетон
Catalancuajonc bec-roig, Cuajonc de bec roig
Chinese红嘴鹲, 短尾鹲, 红嘴鹲短尾鹲
Chinese (Traditional)紅嘴鸏, 紅嘴熱帶鳥, 短尾鸏
Chuvashхĕрлĕ сăмсаллă фаэтон
Croatiancrvenokljuni feton
Czechfaeton červenozobý, Faeton proužkovaný, faeton vlnkovaný
DanishRødnæbbet Tropikfugl
DutchRoodsnavelkeerkringvogel
EsperantoRuĝbeka tropikbirdo
Estonianviir-troopikalind
FinnishSuomujouhipyrstö, suomutropiikkilintu
FrenchGrand Phaéton, Phaéton à bec rouge, Paille-en-queue à bec rouge, Grand Paille-en-queue, Paille-en-queue éthéré
FrisianReadsnaffelkearkringfûgel
GalicianRabixunco de bico vermello, Cuajonc de bec roig, Rabixunco
GermanRotschnabel-Tropikvogel
GreekΕρυθρόραμφος Φαέθων, Φαέθωv
Hebrewפתון ים-סוף, פיתון ים-סוף, פתון ים סוף, פיתון ים־סוף, פתון ים־סוף
Hungarianvöröscsőrű trópusimadár, Piroscsőrű trópusimadár
IcelandicMelspíra
IrishTrópaiceach gobdhearg
ItalianFetonte, Fetonte beccorosso, Fetone beccorosso, Fetonte becco rosso
Japaneseアカハシネッタイチョウ
Kazakhқызылтұмсық фаэтон
Latviansarkanknābja faetons
Lithuanianraudonsnapis fajetonas, Fajetonas
MacedonianЦрвеноклун фетон
MalayBurung Tropika
Malayalamചെഞ്ചുണ്ടൻ ഉറുമിവാലൻ
Mongolianхалуу
Northern SamiRuksesnjuntropihkaloddi
NorwegianRødnebbtropikfugl, Rødnebbtropikkfugl, rødnebbtropikkfugl
Norwegian NynorskRaudnebbtropikkfugl
Persianنوک‌سرخ دریایی
Polishfaeton bialosterny, faeton białosterny
Portugueserabo-de-junco, rabo-de-palha-de-bico-vermelho, rabijunco-riscado, Rabo de palha, grazina, rabo-de-palha, Rabijunco
RomanianFaeton cu cioc roşu
RussianФаэтон красноклювый, Красноклювый фаэтон
SerbianCrvenokljuni feton
Slovakfaeton červenozobý, faeton cervenozobý
Sloveniangrahasti tropik
SpanishRabijunco Pico Rojo, Rabijunco Piquirrojo, Rabijunco, Rabijunco de Pico Rojo, Rabijunco Piquirojo, Ave del trópico de pico rojo, rabijunco pico-rojo, Rabijunco etéreo, Chirre de Pico Colorado, Rabijunco Dorsibarrado
Swedishrödnäbbad tropikfågel
Thaiนกร่อนทะเลปากแดง
Turkishkırmızı gagalı tropik kuş, Kırmızı Gagalı Tropikkuşu, Kırmızı-gagalı Tropikkuşu
Ukrainianфаетон червонодзьобий
Uzbekқизилтумшуқ фаэтон
VietnameseChim nhiệt đới mỏ đỏ, Chim nhiệt đới
WelshAderyn trofannol picoch