Species Detail: Phaethon lepturus
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Phaethon lepturus
 
Authority: (Daudin, 1802)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Geelsnavel Keerkringvogel Dutch Caribbean Dutch
White-tailed Tropicbird Global English
Yellow-billed Tropicbird Global English
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Pelecaniformes
 Phaethontidae Phaethon
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments: Clutch of one egg is laid mainly March-June in Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Incubation averaged 41 days (40-43) in Puerto Rico. Young fledged at about 10 weeks in Puerto Rico (Schaffner 1991). Ecology Comments: In Puerto Rico, nesting failures primarily were due to conspecific agonistic encounters at one site and predation by black rats at another site, where predation by land crabs was of lesser importance (Schaffner 1991).

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global LC
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
MARINE - pelagic

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Global

Location Occurrence Status Description
Dutch Caribbean Netherlands Antilles Seas - Casual visitor from the Caribbean

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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