White-tailed tropicbird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the white-tailed tropicbird lives – recorded in 35 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phaethon lepturus
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	35 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Phaethontiformes
Family	Phaethontidae

Where does the white-tailed tropicbird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-tailed tropicbird in 35 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the white-tailed tropicbird endangered?

The white-tailed tropicbird’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-tailed tropicbird?

The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) is a bird in the order Phaethontiformes and the family Phaethontidae, genus Phaethon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-tailed tropicbird

The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) or yellow-billed tropicbird is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It is found in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It also breeds on some Caribbean islands, and a few pairs have started nesting recently on Little Tobago, joining the red-billed tropicbird colony. In addition to the tropical Atlantic, it nests as far north as Bermuda, where it is locally called a "longtail".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-tailed tropicbird (revision 1380711911), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q528117 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).