List of Birds of The Comoros - Tropicbirds

Tropicbirds

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Comoros.

  • Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
  • White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

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