White-tailed Tropicbird

The white-tailed tropicbird, or yellow-billed tropicbird, is the smallest of the three closely related tropicbirds and the smallest member of its order. The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) or yellow-billed tropicbird is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It also breeds on some Caribbean islands, and a few pairs have started nesting recently on Little Tobago, joining the red-billed tropicbird colony. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its recorded distribution includes the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans, and breeds on some Caribbean islands (Wikipedia, general species account). Its recorded distribution includes the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Six subspecies are recognised by the IOC: P. l. lepturus: Found across the topical Indian Ocean. P. l. fulvus (golden bosun): Native to Christmas Island. P. l. dorotheae: tropical western Pacific P. l. catesbyi: Bermuda and Caribbean P. l. ascensionis: Ascension Island and Fernando de Noronha P. l. europae: Europa Island, s. (Wikipedia, general species account).