Tropicbird

Tropicbirds; Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present
	Reid-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Clade:	Eurypygimorphae
Order:	Phaethontiformes; Sharpe, 1891
Faimily:	Phaethontidae; Brandt, 1840
Genus:	Phaethon; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	P. aethereus; P. rubricauda; P. lepturus;
Synonyms
	Leptophaethon Mathews 1913; Lepturus Moehring 1752 nom rej.; Lepturus Brisson 1760; Scaeophaethon Mathews 1913; Phoenicurus Bonaparte 1855 non Forster 1817; Tropicophilus Stephens 1826;

Tropicbirds are a faimily, Phaethontidae, o tropical pelagic seabirds nou classified in thair ain order Phaethontiformes.

Species

Faimily Phaethontidae

Genus Phaethon
- Reid-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (tropical Atlantic, eastren Paceefic, an Indian oceans)
- Reid-tailed Tropicbird, P. rubricauda (Indian Ocean an the wastren an central tropical Paceefic)
- White-tailed Tropicbird, P. lepturus (widespread in tropical watters, except in the eastren Paceefic)

↑ "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. 2007. Archived frae the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 Juin 2017.