Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (4)
Betty A. Schreiber and R. W. Schreiber
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooipylstert |
| Bulgarian | Червеноопашат фаетон |
| Catalan | cua de jonc cua-roig |
| Chinese | 紅尾熱帶鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红尾鹲 |
| Czech | faeton červenoocasý |
| Dutch | Roodstaartkeerkringvogel |
| English | Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| English (HAW) | Koaʻe ʻula - Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| English (United States) | Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| French | Phaéton à brins rouges |
| French (France) | Phaéton à brins rouges |
| German | Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel |
| Hebrew | פיתון אדום-זנב |
| Icelandic | Rauðspíra |
| Indonesian | Buntut-sate merah |
| Japanese | アカオネッタイチョウ |
| Norwegian | rødhaletropikkfugl |
| Polish | faeton czerwonosterny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | rabo-de-palha-de-cauda-vermelha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabijunco-de-cauda-vermelha |
| Russian | Краснохвостый фаэтон |
| Serbian | Crvenorepi feton |
| Slovak | faeton červenochvostý |
| Slovenian | Rdečerepi tropik |
| Spanish | Rabijunco Colirrojo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Ave del trópico de cola roja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Rabijunco Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Rabijunco Colirrojo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Rabijunco Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Peru) | Ave del Trópico de Cola Roja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabijunco colirrojo |
| Swedish | rödstjärtad tropikfågel |
| Thai | นกร่อนทะเลหางแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Kuyruklu Tropikkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фаетон червонохвостий |
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
PROTONYM:
Phaeton rubricauda
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.57.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mauritius.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHAETHON
- phaethon
- rubricauda
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-tailed Tropicbird
