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    Red-billed tropicbird

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    Professional marine forecasters to optimize breeding success and prey availability

    Dominic Sherony

    These tropical seabirds have adapted to the uncertain food availability and constantly shifting marine environment. They breed in favorable environmental conditions to ensure safe egg-laying and hatching. Red-billed Tropicbirds lays a single egg in loose colonies or at the cliff for easy flight. Both parents incubate the egg for 42 days, and the chick fledges between 12 to 15 weeks.

    They dive into the water to catch flying fish and squid on the sea surface. The warmer surface water decreases prey availability. As a result, more time is spent on food foraging at the expense of parental attendance. Therefore, they prefer to delay the breeding season or egg-laying process in such conditions. The parental attendance stops once the chicks are fully able to thrive independently.

    Distribution

    Country
    Population est.
    Status
    Year
    Comments
    Angola
    2019
    Vagrant
    Anguilla
    2019
    Antigua & Barbuda
    2019
    Bahamas
    2019
    Bahrain
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Barbados
    2019
    Belize
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Benin
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Bermuda
    2019
    Vagrant
    Bonaire Sint Eustatius And Saba
    2019
    Brazil
    2019
    British Virgin Is.
    2019
    Cameroon
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Cape Verde
    2019
    Breeding
    Cayman Islands
    2019
    Chile
    2019
    China
    2019
    Breeding
    Colombia
    2019
    Congo-Brazzaville
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Costa Rica
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Cuba
    2019
    Curaçao
    2019
    Côte D’ivoire
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    DR Congo (Kinshasa)
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Djibouti
    2019
    Dominica
    2019
    Dominican Republic
    2019
    Ecuador
    2019
    Breeding: Galápagos
    Egypt
    2019
    El Salvador
    2019
    Equatorial Guinea
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Eritrea
    2019
    French Guiana
    2019
    French Polynesia
    2019
    Vagrant
    Gabon
    2019
    Vagrant
    Gambia
    2019
    Vagrant
    Ghana
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Grenada
    2019
    Breeding
    Guadeloupe
    2019
    Guatemala
    2019
    Origin Uncertain
    Guinea-Bissau
    2019
    Guinea
    2019
    Guyana
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Haiti
    2019
    Honduras
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    India
    2019
    Vagrant
    Iran
    2019
    Iraq
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Israel
    2019
    Vagrant
    Jamaica
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Jordan
    2019
    Vagrant
    Kuwait
    2019
    Non-Breeding
    Liberia
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Madagascar
    2019
    Vagrant
    Malaysia
    2019
    Vagrant
    Maldives
    2019
    Martinique
    2019
    Mauritania
    2019
    Vagrant
    Mexico
    2019
    Montserrat
    2019
    Myanmar
    2019
    Vagrant
    Netherlands
    2019
    Vagrant
    Nicaragua
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Nigeria
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Oman
    2019
    Pakistan
    2019
    Panama
    2019
    Peru
    2019
    Portugal
    2019
    Breeding
    Puerto Rico
    2019
    Qatar
    2019
    Saint Helena
    2019
    Breeding
    Saint Lucia
    2019
    Saint Martin
    2019
    French Part
    Saint Vincent
    2019
    Saudi Arabia
    2019
    Senegal
    2019
    Breeding
    Seychelles
    2019
    Vagrant
    Sint Maarten
    2019
    Dutch Part
    Somalia
    2019
    South Africa
    2019
    Vagrant
    Spain
    2019
    Vagrant: Canary Is.
    Sri Lanka
    2019
    Vagrant
    St. Kitts & Nevis
    2019
    Sudan
    2019
    Non-Breeding
    Suriname
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    São Tomé & Príncipe
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Togo
    2019
    Seasonality Uncertain
    Trinidad & Tobago
    2019
    Turks & Caicos
    2019
    UAE
    2019
    Breeding
    US Virgin Islands
    2019
    United Kingdom
    2019
    Vagrant
    United States
    2019
    Vagrant: Hawaiian Is.
    Venezuela
    2019
    Vietnam
    2019
    Vagrant
    Yemen
    2019

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    Terrestrial / Aquatic

    Altricial / Precocial

    Polygamous / Monogamous

    Dimorphic (size) / Monomorphic

    Active: Diurnal / Nocturnal

    Social behavior: Solitary / Pack / Herd / Colony

    Diet: Carnivore / Herbivore / Omnivore / Piscivorous / Insectivore

    Migratory: Yes / No

    Domesticated: Yes / No

    Dangerous: Yes / No

    EXEWCRENVUNTLCDDNE
    Least Concern(IUCN)
    World Population 16,000 – 30,000
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    Threats

    Habitat destruction / Climate change / Freshwater pollution / Marine pollution / Deforestation / Farming / Fishing practices / Poaching & wildlife trade / Invasive species / Parasites & diseases / Noise pollution / Light pollution

    My ID

    Scientific name: Phaethon aethereus Number of subspecies: 3 Name of subspecies:

    P. a. aethereus
    P. a. indicus
    P. a. mesonauta

    Physical traits

    Length: 90 – 105 cm (35 – 41 in) Weight: 750 g (26 oz) Lifespan: 16 – 30 years Speed: 44 km/h (27 mph) Wingspan: 99 – 106 cm (39 – 42 in) Incubation: 6 weeks Eggs: 1 egg
    Habitats: Coastal Marine
    Regions: Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America
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