Phaethon rubricauda
Red-tailed Tropicbird
As recorded: Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Phaethontiformes › Phaethontidae
- Collected by
- ?
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- Tern Island, no exact locality
- Island
- French Frigate Shoals
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 23.8680, -166.2880
- Identified by
- USFWS
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Phaethon rubricauda observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-05-13.
2022-05-13
HI, US
(c) mstone2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2008-02-18
French Frigate Shoals
(c) IanLJones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2008-02-13
French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii, USA
(c) IanLJones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Phaethon rubricauda. BPBM 184441. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 94388536. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/184441.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 94388536 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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