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Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

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Description:

Found this bird on our liveaboard Boat in the morning, she was weak but eventually managed to fly away. The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.

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3 Comments

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 8 years ago

Awesome!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @Joshua.
Have added it to the Mission.

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 8 years ago

Beautiful! I would be thrilled if you could add this and any other Ecuadorian bird spotting to the mission here: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4508...

Thanks for giving PN so many great spottings!

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AlbertKang
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Parroquia Bella Vista, Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on May 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 18, 2014

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