Phaethon
Sign in to saveTropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many years, they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicate they are most closely related to the Eurypygiformes. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon. The scientific names are derived from Ancient Greek phaethon, "sun". They have predominantly white plumage with elongated tail feathers and small feeble legs and feet.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 500 inbound references to Phaethon, and connects out to bird, Galliformes and Sunbittern.
Vinony files it under Extant Eocene first appearances, Phaethontidae and Seabirds.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
ネッタイチョウ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPhaethontiformes
- FamilyPhaethontidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Phaethontidae
- Collections
- USNM, UCMP, CLO, CMNH, WAM, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Bermuda, Australia, Pitcairn Island, Seychelles, Bahamas, United States, Pitcairn
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phaethontidae
- Image
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Sand Island Midway Atoll 2019-01-31 18-10-26 (46908709274).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Phaethon
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Phaethon
- topic's main category
- Category:Phaethon
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