Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 (white-tailed tropicbird)
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Aves - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Belongs to Phaethon according to S. Rigal et al. 2018
See also Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Morgan 1994, Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999, Steadman 1992, Steadman and Intoh 1994, Steadman and Pahlavan 1992, Wetmore 1962 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Phaethon aethereus, Phaethon rubricauda
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Cook Islands (5), French Polynesia (10), Mauritius (2), Micronesia (1), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (6), Palau (9), Reunion (2), Solomon Islands (7), Tonga (2)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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