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Species profile—Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds) → Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)

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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 Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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