We found a chick in the road, probably fallen from its nest in the cliff. Uninjured but thin. Called a Parks ranger who came and got it.
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
adult - in flight
Darwin Bay
Genovesa Island
AKA Tower Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
23 August 2010
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
adult - in flight
Plazas Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
19 August 2010
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
adult - in flight
Espanola Island
AKA Hood Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
13 July 2007
Red-billed Tropicbird
Saba,
Netherland Antilles
31 July 2001
Red-billed Tropicbird
adult on nest in rocky cliff crevice
Saba,
Netherlands Antilles
3 July 1998
Phaethon aethereus
Baltra Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Location approximate.
Flying around near the cliffs.
At least 3 flying around.
Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon. They have predominately white plumage with elongated tail feathers and small feeble legs and feet.
