Image left: White-tailed Tropicbirds photographed by Richard Crossley.
Tropicbird Species List
Family Phaethontidae
- Genus Phaethon
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (tropical Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and Indian oceans)
- Red-tailed Tropicbird, P. rubricauda (Indian Ocean and the western and central tropical Pacific)
- White-tailed Tropicbird, P. lepturus (widespread in tropical waters, except in the eastern Pacific)
Web Resources
ARKive - Red-billed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - Red-billed Tropicbird
ARKive - White-tailed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - White-tailed Tropicbird
ARKive - Red-tailed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - Red-tailed Tropicbird (includes bird calls!)
Audobon - Red-tailed Tropicbird
ARKive - Red-billed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - Red-billed Tropicbird
ARKive - White-tailed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - White-tailed Tropicbird
ARKive - Red-tailed Tropicbird
Internet Bird - Red-tailed Tropicbird (includes bird calls!)
Audobon - Red-tailed Tropicbird
Projects & Activities
Tropicbird Art Connection
Select one or more photographs below and make a sketch from them of the tropicbirds in your journal, on a canvas or whatever medium you choose to draw on. You can take the art project in any direction you'd like. You could paint the bird(s), make a charcoal drawing, create a collage, sculpture or more.
Tropicbird Art Connection
Select one or more photographs below and make a sketch from them of the tropicbirds in your journal, on a canvas or whatever medium you choose to draw on. You can take the art project in any direction you'd like. You could paint the bird(s), make a charcoal drawing, create a collage, sculpture or more.
Lesson #3 Video