White-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus, s a bird occasionally seen on Hatteras pelagics but one I’d missed for a few trips. On this day, it was the first bird seen, it circled the boat once, and was gone. It nests as far north as Bermuda in the Caribbean.
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Pingback by White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus | Birds of the World — December 28, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
There are plenty of them on the Reunion island if you want to see them closer. They nest on the cliffs and can be seen all around the island.
Comment by delphine — May 18, 2011 @ 11:03 am