Red-tailed Tropicbird / Phaethon rubricauda
| Red-tailed Tropicbird bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Amokura, Srawtail, Silver Bosunbird, Red-tailed Tropcibird, Redtailed Tropicbird, Red-tailed Tropic-bird |
| Old latin name for bird | Trochilus rubineus, Phaëthon rubricaudus, Phaëthon rubricauda, Phaethon erubescens, Phaethon rubricaudus, Phaeton rubricauda |
| Order | Tropicbirds / Phaethontiformes |
| Family | Tropicbirds / Phaethontidae |
| Genus | Phaethon |
| Breeding region | Tropical |
| Breeding subregion | IO, PO ; tropical and subtropical islands of South Indian and Pacific oceans |
| Non breeding region | pelagic; to waters off se Africa, sw, e Indonesia, s Japan, Taiwan, e Australia |
Red-tailed Tropicbird bird sounds *
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Related species
Where to see Red-tailed Tropicbird
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Mozambique
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
Red-tailed Tropicbird subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos | w, c, s Pacific islands: s Ryukyu (=Nansei Shoto), Ogasawara (=Bonin) and Iwo (=Volcano) is. (sw, se Japan) to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, e through Micronesia and Polynesia to Northwestern and main Hawaiian Is. and Easter and Salas y Gomez (Eastern Is. group, e Polynesia); presumably this race, I. San Benedicto (Is. Revillagigedos, far w of c Mexico) | - | No |
| Phaethon rubricauda roseotinctus | e Australasian islands and sw Pacific: Great Barrier Reef islands, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia) and Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand) | - | No |
| Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda | w Indian Ocean islands: Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra and Cosmoledo (Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), Aride (n Inner Is., ne Seychelles), Nosy Ve (sw Madagascar) and the Mascarenes | - | No |
| Phaethon rubricauda westralis | e Indian Ocean islands: Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas I. (s of Java), Rowley Shoals and Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia) and Sugarloaf Rock (off sw Australia); also (presumably this race) Gunungapi and Manuk (w, c Banda Sea, e Indonesia) | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooipylstert |
| Azerbaijani | qırmızıquyruq faeton |
| Belarusian | Чырванахвосты фаэтон |
| Bengali | রারমরজ চফলুফীয়া |
| Bulgarian | Червеноопашат фаетон, Червеноопашат фетон |
| Catalan | cuajonc cua-roig, Cuajonc de cua roja |
| Chinese | 红尾鹲, 紅尾熱帶鳥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紅尾鸏, 紅尾熱帶鳥 |
| Chuvash | хĕрлĕ хӳреллĕ фаэтон |
| Croatian | crvenorepi feton |
| Czech | Faeton cervenozobý, faeton červenoocasý |
| Danish | Rødhalet Tropikfugl |
| Dutch | Roodstaartkeerkringvogel, Roodstaart Keerkringvogel |
| Esperanto | Ruĝvosta tropikbirdo, ruĝvosta fajtono |
| Estonian | punasaba-troopikalind |
| Finnish | valkotropiikkilintu, Valkojouhipyrstö |
| French | Paille-en-queue à brins rouges, Phaéton à brins rouges, Phaéton à queue rouge, Paille-en-queue blanc, Paille-en-queue à queue rouge, Paille-en-queue à brins roug |
| Frisian | Readsturtkearkringfûgel |
| Galician | Rabixunco de rabo vermello |
| German | Rotschwanz-Tropicvogel, Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel |
| Hebrew | פיתון אדום-זנב |
| Hungarian | vörösfarkú trópusimadár |
| Icelandic | Rauðspíra |
| Indonesian | Buntut-sate merah, Burung Buntut-sate Merah, Burung Buntut Satek Merah, Buntutsate Merah |
| Irish | Trópaiceach earrghabhlach |
| Italian | Fetonte codarossa, Fetone codarossa, Fetonte coda rossa |
| Japanese | アカオネッタイチョウ |
| Kazakh | қызылқұйрық фаэтон |
| Latvian | sarkanastes faetons |
| Lithuanian | raudonuodegis fajetonas |
| Macedonian | Црвеноопашест фетон |
| Malagasy | Vorompano |
| Malay | Burung Sinbad Ekor Merah |
| Maori | Amokura |
| Northern Sami | Ruksesbađoštropihkaloddi |
| Norwegian | Rødhaletropikkfugl, Rødhaletropikfugl, rødhaletropikkfugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Raudhaletropikkfugl |
| Polish | faeton czerwonosterny |
| Portuguese | rabijunco-de-cauda-vermelha, rabo-de-palha-de-cauda-vermelha |
| Romanian | Faeton cu coadă roşie |
| Russian | Краснохвостый фаэтон |
| Samoan | tava'e'ula |
| Serbian | Crvenorepi feton |
| Slovak | faeton červenochvostý |
| Spanish | Rabijunco Cola Roja, Rabijunco colirrojo, Rabijunco de Cola Roja, rabijunco cola-roja, Ave del trópico de cola roja |
| Swedish | rödstjärtad tropikfågel |
| Tahitian | tave'a, ma'uroa |
| Thai | นกร่อนทะเลหางแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Kuyruklu Tropikkuşu |
| Ukrainian | фаетон червонохвостий |
| Uzbek | қизил думли фаэтон |
| Welsh | Aderyn trofannol cynffongoch |