Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Phaethontiformes
- Family
- Phaethontidae
Le Phaéton à bec rouge (Phaethon aethereus), aussi dit Grand Phaéton, est une des trois espèces de phaétons, oiseaux de mer caractéristiques des régions intertropicales. Description Cet oiseau mesure 46 à 50 cm de longueur du corps auxquels s'ajoutent 46 à 56 cm de queue. Son envergure est de 99 à 106 cm.
The red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling a tern in appearance, it has mostly white plumage with some black markings on the wings and back, a black mask and, as its common name suggests, a red bill. Most adults have tail streamers that are about two times their body length, with those in males being generally longer than those in females.
El rabijunco etéreo o ave del trópico de pico rojo (Phaethon aethereus) es una especie de ave fetontiforme, una de las aves marinas que habitan los mares tropicales. Distribución y hábitat El rabijunco etéreo vive en las zonas tropicales del océano Atlántico, Pacífico oriental y Océano Índico. La subespecie de este último océano, P.
Distribution
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