What is Red-tailed tropicbird?
{{Taxobox | name = Red-tailed tropicbird | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN2012>{{IUCN|id=106003649 |title=''Phaethon rubricauda'' |assessors=BirdLife International]|version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> | image = Red-tailed Tropicbird3.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Phaethontiformes]] | familia = [[tropicbird|Phaethontidae]] | genus = ''[[tropicbird|Phaethon]]'' | binomial = ''Phaethon rubricauda''}} [[File:Phaethon rubricauda MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.2.14.jpg|thumb| ''Phaethon rubricauda'']] The '''red-tailed tropicbird''' (''Phaethon rubricauda'') is a [[seabird]] that nests across the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s. It is the rarest of the [[tropicbird]]s, but is widespread and not considered [[wikt:threaten|threatened]]. It nests in colonies on oceanic [[island]]s. == Sources == {{Reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Seabirds]]