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White-tailed Tropicbird / Phaethon lepturus LC
- Synonyms Yellow-billed Tropic-bird, Yellow-billed Tropicbird, Long-tailed Tropicbird, Whitetailed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropic-bird, Long-tailed tropic-bird, Golden Bosunbird, Yellow-billed Tropic Bird, White-tailed Tropic Bird
- Old latin name for bird Phaëthon americanus, Phaëton lepturus, Phaethon flavirostris, Phaëthon flavirostris, Phaëthon lepturus, Phaethon americanus
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Where to see White-tailed Tropicbird
- Breeding region Tropical
- Breeding subregion widespread all tropical oceans (except e Pacific and ne Atlantic)
- Non breeding region pelagic; to waters off e Africa, w, s Sri Lanka (w, n Indian Ocean), Indonesian Arch. and New Guinea waters, ec Australia (sw South Pacific) and Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic)
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Réunion
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Wallis and Futuna
- Yemen
White-tailed Tropicbird subspecies (6)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phaethon lepturus ascensionis | islands of tropical South Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil) and Ascension I. (sc South Atlantic) | - | No |
| Phaethon lepturus catesbyi | Bermuda and Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Is. and Lesser Antilles | - | No |
| Phaethon lepturus dorotheae | tropical w Pacific: remote islets of Melanesia, Northern Mariana Is. s to Palau (w Caroline Is., sw Micronesia) and all Polynesian groups e to Easter I. (=Eastern group, e Polynesia) and n to Midway I. (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) and main Hawaiian is. | - | No |
| Phaethon lepturus europae | Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel) | - | No |
| Phaethon lepturus fulvus | Christmas I. (s of w Java) | - | No |
| Phaethon lepturus lepturus | tropical Indian Ocean: Comoros, n, nw Madagascar, Inner Is. (ne Seychelles), Mascarenes (w Indian Ocean); Chagos Arch., Maldives (nc Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) I. (e Indian Ocean), se Java to Lombok (w Lesser Sundas) and Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia) | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witpylstert |
| Azerbaijani | ağquyruq faeton |
| Belarusian | Белахвосты фаэтон |
| Bengali | ধরামরজ চফলুফীয়া |
| Bulgarian | Белоопашат фаетон |
| Catalan | cuajonc becgroc |
| Chinese | 白尾鹲长尾鹲, 白尾鹲, 白尾鸏, 长尾热带鸟, 白尾熱帶鳥, 长尾鹲 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 長尾熱帶鳥, 長尾鸏, 白尾熱帶鳥, 白尾鸏 |
| Chuvash | cap сăмсаллă фаэтон |
| Croatian | žutokljuni feton |
| Czech | faeton pruhokřídlý, Faeton žlutozobý |
| Danish | Hvidhalet Tropikfugl |
| Dutch | Witstaartkeerkringvogel |
| Esperanto | Blankvosta tropikbirdo, blankvosta fajtono |
| Estonian | väike-troopikalind |
| Finnish | pikkutropiikkilintu |
| French | Phaéton à queue blanche, Petit Phaéton, Paille-en-queue à brins blancs, Phaéton à bec jaune, Petit Paille-en-queue, Paille-en-queue à bec jaune |
| Frisian | Wytsturtkearkringfûgel |
| Galician | Rabixunco de bico amarelo |
| German | Weißchwanz-Tropikvogel, Weißschwanz-Tropikvogel |
| Greek | Λεύκουρος Φαέθων |
| Hebrew | פיתון לבן-זנב |
| Hungarian | fehérfarkú trópusimadár, Fehércsőrű trópusimadár |
| Icelandic | Silfurspíra |
| Indonesian | Burung Buntut Satek Putih, Buntutsate Putih, Burung Buntut-sate Putih, Buntut-sate putih |
| Irish | Trópaiceach earrbhán |
| Italian | Fetonte codabianca, becco giallo, Fetonte coda bianca, Fetone beccogiallo |
| Japanese | シロオネッタイチョウ, シラオネッタイチョウ |
| Kazakh | аққұйрық фаэтон |
| Latvian | baltastes faetons |
| Lithuanian | baltauodegis fajetonas |
| Macedonian | Жолтоклун фетон |
| Malagasy | Kafotsy |
| Malay | Burung Sinbad Ekor Putih |
| Malayalam | മഞ്ഞച്ചുണ്ടൻ ഉറുമിവാലൻ, വെള്ളവാലൻ ഉറുമിവാലൻ |
| Northern Sami | Uhcatropihkaloddi |
| Norwegian | Småtropikfugl, småtropikkfugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Småtropikkfugl |
| Polish | faeton zóltodzioby, faeton żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese | rabo-de-palha-de-bico-laranja, Rabijunco-de-bico-amarelo |
| Romanian | Faeton cu coadă albă |
| Russian | Желтоклювый Фаэтон, Белохвостый фаэтон |
| Samoan | tava'esina |
| Serbian | Belorepi feton, Žutokljuni feton |
| Slovak | faeton bielochvostý |
| Spanish | Rabijunco Cola Blanca, Rabijunco Piquigualdo, Rabijunco, Contramaestre, Rabijunco de Pico Amarillo, Rabijunco Coliblanco, rabijunco colablanca, Ave del trópico de cola blanca, Chirre, Rabijunco menor |
| Swahili | Ndege-mawingu |
| Swedish | vitstjärtad tropikfågel |
| Tahitian | petea |
| Thai | นกร่อนทะเลหางขาว |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Tropikkuşu, Sarıgagalı tropikkuşu |
| Ukrainian | фаетон білохвостий |
| Uzbek | оқ думли фаэтон |
| Welsh | Aderyn trofannol cynffonwyn |