Red-tailed TropicbirdDutch: Roodstaartkeerkringvogel |
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| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Phaethontidae |
| Genus: | Phaethon |
| Species: | Phaethon rubricauda |
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| Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen. | |
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Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge) |
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| Length: | 124 mm |
| Length cranium: | 56 mm |
| Width (cranium): | 48 mm |
| Height (cranium): | 24 mm |
| Alternative names: Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel (German), Phaéton à brins rouges (French), Rabijunco Colirrojo (Spanish) | |