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Common Name

Red Tailed Tropicbird

Alternate Names

Common Type

Tropicbird

Order

Phaethotiformes

Family

Phaethontidae

Genus

Phaethon

Species

rubricauda

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Madagascar,

Number of Sub-Species

Four Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident but disperse after breeding

Preferred Habitat

Tropical oceans with oceanic islands for nesting

Distribution and Range

Tropical land along the edges of the south Pacific and south Indian Oceans

Food

Plunge dives into the ocean for flying fish and squid

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