Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Also known as: Boatswain Bird

102 cm (40") Rare in both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Red bill. Black line behind eye. Black upper wing primaries or wing tips. Long white tail streamers. It has barring on its back and upper wings unlike the similar White-tailed Tropicbird in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Credit: Bob Dorough