Species profile—Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds) → Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
- Scientific name
- Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
- Common name
- white-tailed tropicbird
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1286
- Alternate name(s)
- golden bosunbird
yellow-billed tropicbird
white-tailed bosunbird - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- 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=1286
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.