Red-tailed Tropicbird / Phaethon rubricauda LC

Synonyms Srawtail, Silver Bosunbird, Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Redtailed Tropicbird, Red-tailed Tropic-bird, Red-tailed Tropcibird, Amokura
Old latin name for bird Phaëthon rubricaudus, Phaeton rubricauda, Phaethon rubricaudus, Phaethon erubescens, Phaëthon rubricauda, Trochilus rubineus

Red-tailed Tropicbirdbird sounds *

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Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
United States
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Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
United States
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Call, © Peter Boesman
Madagascar
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Call, © Peter Boesman
Madagascar
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Call, © Todd Mark
United Kingdom
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Call, © Patrik Åberg
Madagascar
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Call, © Dan Lane
United States
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Call, flight call, © Mike Nelson
Madagascar
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Call, © Dan Lane
United States

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Where to see Red-tailed Tropicbird

Breeding region Indian ocean, Pacific ocean, Tropical
Breeding subregion 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 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

Species Name in Other Languages

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	紅尾熱帶鳥, 红尾鹲
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	Roodstaart Keerkringvogel, Roodstaartkeerkringvogel
Esperanto	Ruĝvosta tropikbirdo, ruĝvosta fajtono
Estonian	punasaba-troopikalind
Finnish	Valkojouhipyrstö, valkotropiikkilintu
French	Phaéton à queue rouge, Paille-en-queue à brins rouges, Phaéton à brins rouges, 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 Satek Merah, Burung Buntut-sate Merah, Buntutsate Merah
Irish	Trópaiceach earrghabhlach
Italian	Fetonte coda rossa, Fetonte codarossa, Fetone codarossa
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
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 de Cola Roja, rabijunco cola-roja, Ave del trópico de cola roja, Rabijunco colirrojo
Swedish	rödstjärtad tropikfågel
Tahitian	ma'uroa, tave'a
Thai	นกร่อนทะเลหางแดง
Turkish	Kırmızı Kuyruklu Tropikkuşu
Ukrainian	фаетон червонохвостий
Uzbek	қизил думли фаэтон
Welsh	Aderyn trofannol cynffongoch