Bird genealogy >> Order Phaethontiformes >> Family Phaethontidae
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Location

Bird Island
Seychelles

Metadata

Make Nikon F90
Lens Nikkor AF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G  
Exposure not available  
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Weißschwanz-Tropikvogel Dutch  Witstaartkeerkringvogel
Italian  Fetonte codabianca Spanish  Rabijunco Menor

Comments

The chick hatches with grey down. It will stay alone in the nest while both parents search for food, and they will feed the chick twice every three days until fledging, about 12–13 weeks after hatching. The young are not able to fly initially; they will float on the ocean for several days to lose weight before flight.




 
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    10/04/1997

White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
Phaéton à bec jaune
Jean-Michel PAULUS