Red-tailed Tropicbird

Mystery Bird: Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda

grrlscientist | May 23, 2010

tags: Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda rothschildi, photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Midway Island, Hawai'i [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joe Fuhrman, March 2010. I encourage you to purchase images from this professional photographer. NOTE: Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.

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