What is Tropicbird?
{{Automatic Taxobox | name = Tropicbirds | fossil_range = [[Early Eocene]] to present | image = Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (4089464789).jpg | image_caption = Red-billed Tropicbird | taxon = Phaethon | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | type_species = ''[[ Phaethon aethereus]]'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''[[Red-billed tropicbird|P. aethereus]]'' * ''[[Red-tailed tropicbird|P. rubricauda]]'' * ''[[White-tailed tropicbird|P. lepturus]]'' | synonyms = * ''Leptophaethon'' <small>Mathews 1913</small> * ''Lepturus'' <small>Moehring 1752 nom rej.</small> * ''Lepturus'' <small>Brisson 1760</small> * ''Scaeophaethon'' <small>Mathews 1913</small> * ''Phoenicurus'' <small>Bonaparte 1855 non Forster 1817</small> * ''Tropicophilus'' <small>Stephens 1826</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web | title=''Part 7- Vertebrates'' | year=2007 | website=Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement | url=http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/genera7.html | display-authors=etal | access-date=30 June 2017 | archive-date=5 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005114629/http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/genera7.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> }} '''Tropicbirds''' are [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]] [[Seabird|seabirds]] that occur in [[Tropics|tropical]] areas and seas of the world. There are three living [[species]]. Before they were put in their own group, they were thought to belong to the Pelicanformes (which also contains [[Pelican|pelcans]], [[Cormorant|cormorants]] and [[Gannet|gannets]]). == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Seabirds]]