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Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed]

Phaethon aethereus [aethereus] (= Phaethon aethereus aethereus) Linnaeus, C 1758

Classification
Order:
  Phaethontiformes
Family:
  Phaethontidae
Genus:
   Phaethon
Scientific:
  Phaethon aethereus aethereus


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.134

Protonym:
  Phaëthon aethereus

Type locality:
  Ascension Island.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/152/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  24B5765F225E4AE3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-24B5765F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/24B5765F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174675

Geographic range:

  • Phaethon aethereus aethereus: Fernando de Noronha, Ascension, and St. Helena islands (southern Atlantic)
  • Phaethon aethereus mesonauta: subtropical and tropical eastern Pacific, Caribbean, and eastern Atlantic
English:
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed]
French:
Phaéton à bec rouge [aethereus]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed] ( Phaethon aethereus [aethereus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Phaethon aethereus

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Afrikaans: Rooibekpylstert
Arabic: رئيس البحر
Catalan: Cuajonc de bec roig
Czech: faeton červenozobý
Danish: Rødnæbbet Tropikfugl
German: Rotschnabel-Tropikvogel
English: Red-billed Tropicbird, Red-billed Tropicbird [Red-billed]
Spanish: Rabijunco Etéreo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Rabijunco piquirrojo
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Rabijunco Piquirojo
Spanish (Honduras): Rabijunco piquirrojo
Spanish (Mexico): rabijunco pico-rojo
Estonian: viir-troopikalind
Basque: Cuajonc de bec roig
Finnish: suomutropiikkilintu
French: Phaéton à bec rouge, Phaéton à bec rouge [aethereus]
Guadeloupean Creole French: cibérou
Galician: Rabixunco
Haitian Creole French: Fou pay–an-ke bèk wouj
Hebrew: פתון ים-סוף
Icelandic: Melspíra
Italian: Fetone beccorosso
Japanese (romaji): akahashinettaichou
Japanese: アカハシネッタイチョウ
Scientific: Phaethon aethereus, Phaëthon aethereus, Phaethon aethereus [aethereus], Phaethon aethereus aethereus
Lithuanian: Fajetonas
Dutch: Roodsnavelkeerkringvogel
Norwegian: Rødnebbtropikkfugl
Polish: faeton bialosterny, faeton białosterny
Portuguese: Rabo de palha
Portuguese (Brazil): Rabo-de-palha-de-bico-vermelho
Russian: Фаэтон красноклювый
Slovak: faeton červenozobý
Slovenian: grahasti tropik
Swedish: Rödnäbbad tropikfågel
Turkish: kırmızı gagalı tropik kuş
Chinese: 短尾鹲, 红嘴鹲

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