Name - Phaethon rubricauda

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:90431 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Seabird predation effects and population viability analysis indicate the urgent need for rat eradication from Europa Island, western Indian Ocean.
• A review of the status and biology of an enigmatic pelagic species, the Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda.
• Marked differences in foraging area use and susceptibility to predation between two closely-related tropical seabirds.
• Thermal soaring in tropicbirds suggests that diverse seabirds may use this strategy to reduce flight costs.
• Saving our seabirds: variable breeding success of Red-tailed Tropicbirds in the Great Barrier Reef reveals the need for robust monitoring.
• Latitudinal gradients in air density create invisible topography at sea level, affecting animal flight costs.

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