This subspecies' golden color doesn't show up in the photo, but was quite noticeable in person.
Fairly numerous, courting and mating in the air.
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.
