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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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Red-billed Tropicbird i | Phaethontidae | Phaethon aethereus | TrO | tropical and subtropical islands off nw Africa, n South Atlantic, Persian Gulf region, se Vietnam, nw Mexico to Ecuador, and Caribbean | pelagic in tropical and subtropical oceans: in Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic), far out to sea in Atlantic, nw Indian Ocean to w Indian coast, c California to c Chile (e Pacific) |
Red-tailed Tropicbird i | Phaethontidae | Phaethon rubricauda | TrO | IO, PO | pelagic; to waters off se Africa, sw, e Indonesia, s Japan, Taiwan, e Australia |
White-tailed Tropicbird i U | Phaethontidae | Phaethon lepturus | TrO | widespread all tropical oceans (except e Pacific and ne Atlantic) | pelagic; to waters off e Africa, w, s Sri Lanka (w, n Indian Ocean), Indonesian Arch. and New Guinea waters, ec Australia (sw South Pacific) and Gulf Stream n to North Carolina (w North Atlantic) |
66% 2 species of 3 (0 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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