Red-billed Tropicbird / Phaethon aethereus LC

Synonyms Redbilled Tropicbird, Short-tailed Tropicbird, Red-billed Tropic Bird, Short-tailed tropic-bird, Red-billed Tropic-bird
Old latin name for bird Phaeton aethereus, Phaëthon aethereus

Red-billed Tropicbirdbird sounds *

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Call, © Phoenix Birder
United States
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Call, © Micah Riegner
Mexico
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Call, © Tero Linjama
Cape Verde
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Call, © Todd Mark
Trinidad & Tobago
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Call, © Micah Riegner
Mexico
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Call, © Micah Riegner
Mexico
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Call, © Bram Piot
Senegal
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Call, © Micah Riegner
Mexico
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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

Breeding region Tropical
Breeding subregion tropical and subtropical islands off nw Africa, n South Atlantic, Persian Gulf region, se Vietnam, nw Mexico to Ecuador, and Caribbean
Non breeding region pelagic 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)

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List of countries (104)

Red-billed Tropicbird subspecies (3)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Phaethon aethereus aethereus	tropical 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 indicus	tropical 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 coast	No
Phaethon aethereus mesonauta	tropical 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

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Rooibekpylstert
Arabic	رئيس البحر, استوائي احمر المنقار
Azerbaijani	qırmızıdimdik faeton
Basque	Cuajonc de bec roig
Belarusian	Чырванадзюбы фаэтон
Bengali	রারমঠাুঁট চফলুফীয়া
Bulgarian	Червеноклюн фетон, Червеноклюн фаетон
Catalan	Cuajonc de bec roig, cuajonc bec-roig
Chinese	红嘴鹲, 红嘴鹲短尾鹲, 短尾鹲
Chinese (Traditional)	短尾鸏, 紅嘴鸏, 紅嘴熱帶鳥
Chuvash	хĕрлĕ сăмсаллă фаэтон
Croatian	crvenokljuni feton
Czech	faeton vlnkovaný, Faeton proužkovaný, faeton červenozobý
Danish	Rødnæbbet Tropikfugl
Dutch	Roodsnavelkeerkringvogel
Esperanto	Ruĝbeka tropikbirdo
Estonian	viir-troopikalind
Finnish	Suomujouhipyrstö, suomutropiikkilintu
French	Phaéton à bec rouge, Grand Phaéton, Grand Paille-en-queue, Paille-en-queue à bec rouge, Paille-en-queue éthéré
Frisian	Readsnaffelkearkringfûgel
Galician	Cuajonc de bec roig, Rabixunco de bico vermello, Rabixunco
German	Rotschnabel-Tropikvogel
Greek	Ερυθρόραμφος Φαέθων, Φαέθωv
Hebrew	פיתון ים־סוף, פתון ים־סוף, פיתון ים-סוף, פתון ים-סוף, פתון ים סוף
Hungarian	vöröscsőrű trópusimadár, Piroscsőrű trópusimadár
Icelandic	Melspíra
Irish	Trópaiceach gobdhearg
Italian	Fetonte, Fetone beccorosso, Fetonte beccorosso, Fetonte becco rosso
Japanese	アカハシネッタイチョウ
Kazakh	қызылтұмсық фаэтон
Latvian	sarkanknābja faetons
Lithuanian	Fajetonas, raudonsnapis fajetonas
Macedonian	Црвеноклун фетон
Malay	Burung Tropika
Malayalam	ചെഞ്ചുണ്ടൻ ഉറുമിവാലൻ
Mongolian	халуу
Northern Sami	Ruksesnjuntropihkaloddi
Norwegian	rødnebbtropikkfugl, Rødnebbtropikfugl
Norwegian Nynorsk	Raudnebbtropikkfugl
Persian	نوک‌سرخ دریایی
Polish	faeton białosterny, faeton bialosterny
Portuguese	rabo-de-palha, grazina, Rabo de palha, Rabijunco, rabo-de-junco, rabo-de-palha-de-bico-vermelho, Rabijunco-riscado
Romanian	Faeton cu cioc roşu
Russian	Красноклювый фаэтон, Фаэтон красноклювый
Serbian	Crvenokljuni feton
Slovak	faeton červenozobý, faeton cervenozobý
Slovenian	grahasti tropik
Spanish	Rabijunco Pico Rojo, Rabijunco Piquirrojo, Rabijunco de Pico Rojo, Rabijunco Piquirojo, Ave del trópico de pico rojo, rabijunco pico-rojo, Chirre de Pico Colorado, Rabijunco Dorsibarrado, Rabijunco etéreo, Rabijunco
Swedish	rödnäbbad tropikfågel
Thai	นกร่อนทะเลปากแดง
Turkish	kırmızı gagalı tropik kuş, Kırmızı-gagalı Tropikkuşu, Kırmızı Gagalı Tropikkuşu
Ukrainian	фаетон червонодзьобий
Uzbek	қизилтумшуқ фаэтон
Vietnamese	Chim nhiệt đới mỏ đỏ, Chim nhiệt đới
Welsh	Aderyn trofannol picoch