White-tailed Tropicbird
Name in Spanish: Chirre
Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus
Taxonomic Family: Phaethontidae
Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus
Taxonomic Family: Phaethontidae
Description
Conservation status
Least Concern
Status in Puerto Rico
Nester
Abundance
Common
Photos by the members of AvesPR
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Guajataca
© Roberto Estrada (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
En playa de Isabela
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
PAREJA-GUAJATACA
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
GUAJATACA-QUEBRADILLAS
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
GUAJATACA-QUEBRADILLAS
Habitat
Open sea except when nestting on cliffs.
Food
Peces.
External resources for this species:
Audio recordings from xeno-canto
Pictures from Encyclopedia of Life:
Location: Round Island (Mascarenes, Mauritius)
Credit of the picture: Simon J. Tonge 
Location: Round Island (Mascarenes, Mauritius)
Credit of the picture: Simon J. Tonge
Location: French Polynesia, Raiatea
Credit of the picture: Petr Baum 
