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Tropicbirds are a family,
Phaethontidae, of
tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole
living representatives of the
order Phaethontiformes. For many...
- This list is
based on the
Handbook of Australian, New
Zealand and
Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the
doubtfuls omitted. It
includes the birds...
- Relatives: Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae,
Phaethontidae.
Oxford University Press. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-19-857727-3. Bernstein...
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sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †Prophaethontidae
Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †Prophaethontidae
Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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Glareolidae Laridae Accipitridae Sagittariidae Falconidae Podicipedidae Phaethontidae Sulidae Anhingidae Phalacrocoracidae Ardeidae Scopidae Phoenicopteridae...
- The term
seabird is used for many
families of
birds in
several orders that
spend the
majority of
their lives at sea.
Seabirds make up some, if not all...
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Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags),
Anhingidae (darters), and
Phaethontidae (tropicbirds) were
traditionally placed in the Pelecaniformes, but molecular...
- an
order of birds. They
contain one
extant family, the
tropicbirds (
Phaethontidae), and one
extinct family Prophaethontidae from the
early Cenozoic. Several...
- Rhynochetidae: kagu
Family Eurypygidae:
sunbittern Oceanic; 3
species Family Phaethontidae:
tropicbirds North America, Eurasia; 5
species Family Gaviidae: loons...
