Species profile—Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds) → Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
- Scientific name
- Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
- Common name
- red-tailed tropicbird
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1273
- Alternate name(s)
- bosunbird
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1273
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.