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Tropicbird
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Tropicbirds are a faimily, Phaethontidae, o tropical pelagic seabirds nou classified in thair ain order Phaethontiformes.
Quick Facts Tropicbirds Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present, Scientific classification ...
Tropicbirds Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present | |
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Reid-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta) | |
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Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Clade: | Eurypygimorphae |
Order: | Phaethontiformes Sharpe, 1891 |
Faimily: | Phaethontidae Brandt, 1840 |
Genus: | Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 |
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