Tropicbirds

Word TROPICBIRDS
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What do we mean by tropicbirds?

Any of the various seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, typically found in the open ocean in the tropics

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The tropicbirds were a particular thrill since only six are recorded in the annals of New York birding, according to "Bull's Birds of New York State." ❋ By LISA W. FODERARO (2011)

There are large populations of such water birds as terns, tropicbirds, boobies, shearwaters, and petrels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even the smallest, uninhabitable islands are significant as breeding sites for large numbers of seabirds such as frigatebirds, tropicbirds, boobies, terns, and smaller species. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Finally, there might be a hitherto overlooked metavian clade at the base of Neoaves: it includes such strange bedfellows as nightjars and other nightbirds, swifts and hummingbirds, kagus, pigeons, sandgrouse, flamingos and grebes, mesites, hoatzins and tropicbirds. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have productive, food-rich waters that make it a major foraging area for thousands of seabirds such as albatross, terns, boobies, shearwaters, petrels, tropicbirds, and other offshore species. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As recently shown by Gerald Mayr (2003) however, the morphological evidence best supports a position for the Shoebill close to Steganopodes, the clade that includes frigate birds, pelicans, gannets, cormorants and anhingas (traditional Pelecaniformes is not monophyletic as tropicbirds are apparently closer to procellariiforms than they are to members of Steganopodes). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

ON THE CAUTERIZED nub called Rakata, formerly Krakatau, sea birds must have been among the first visitors: shearwaters and petrels, pelicans and boobies, tropicbirds, frigate birds, terns and noddies. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

Though it appeared to be dusty and barren at first sight, the craters with which the surface was pocked were full of dazzling white-tailed tropicbirds, brilliant Telfair's skinks and Guenther's geckos. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1990)

On the Hudson River, there were reports of two white-tailed tropicbirds, which are white with black markings and a distinctive, long tail feather. ❋ By LISA W. FODERARO (2011)

Among the most dramatic and extraordinarily rare finds were a half dozen white-tailed tropicbirds - residents, as their name would suggest, of the tropics. ❋ By LISA W. FODERARO (2011)

In fact, the last time so many tropicbirds have been seen in New York was more than 70 years ago during another hurricane. ❋ By LISA W. FODERARO (2011)

Vast colonies of seabirds nest here too, including white-tailed tropicbirds and the ethereally beautiful fairy terns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

* Hackett et al. (2008) recovered a neoavian clade that included flamingos and grebes (mirandornithines, if you like), tropicbirds, sandgrouse, mesites, pigeons, swifts and hummingbirds, and nightjars, frogmouths and so on. ❋ Darren Naish [email protected] (2010)

Six species are recorded as nesting on Manana, including Sooty terns, Brown noddies, Black noddies, Wedge-tailed shearwaters, Bulwer's petrels, and Red-tailed tropicbirds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Látrabjarg, are famous for bird-watching while Hawaii's main island's northernmost point, the cliffs at Kilauea point are a seabird sanctuary teaming with albatross, frigatebirds, and tropicbirds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the fourth meeting of AEWA, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from 15-19 September 2008, delegates agreed to expand its threatened list (Annex 2) to include species traditionally classified as "seabirds" like tropicbirds, boobies, terns, and frigatebirds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kiritimati Island is home to 18 breeding species, including 8,500 red-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda), 48,000 Phoenix petrels (Pterodroma alba), 24,000 Christmas shearwaters (Puffinus nativitatus), 2 million wedge-tailed shearwaters (P. pacificus), and the world’s largest colony of sooty terns with up to 15 million birds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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