Phaethon lepturus, White-tailed tropicbird
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Phaethon lepturus   Daudin, 1802

White-tailed tropicbird
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Pelecaniformes | Phaethontidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 78.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 320.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 6.35 cm; tarsus: 4.66 cm; wing: 28.58 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 38 to 40 cm; Wingspan: 89 to 96 cm (Ref. 8812). Found along shores and over sea (Ref. 83946); over deep water far, <1000 km offshore (Ref. 81748). Adults are solitary and pelagic (Ref. 122680). Exhibits dipping behavior (Ref. 81748). Captures prey by plunge diving from 15 to 20 m above the water. Diet is poorly known but includes flyingfish (Ref. 122680). Generally pelagic during non-breeding season. Loosely colonial. Commonly trail ships (Ref. 91362).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007 Avibase -the World Bird Database. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp [accessed 09/07/2007]. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 December 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=8.83-46.04).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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