Burung laut (Seabirds)
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Nests on cliff ledges, gliding in on a zigzag descent to land. Two white tail streamers double its body length.
- Populasi
- Fewer than 400,000 mature individuals, undergoing a moderate decline
- Habitat
- Pelagic — spends most of its life far out over tropical/subtropical open ocean; comes to land only to breed, nesting in rocky crevices, cliff ledges, and occasional tree forks or ground scrapes on remote oceanic islands
- Fakta menarik
- Bermudians affectionately call it the "longtail" and have installed over 1,100 artificial nest structures nicknamed "Longtail Igloos" (dome-shaped, styrofoam-based) along the coastline to help the birds outcompete introduced predators and erosion for scarce natural nesting crevices.
- Sebaran
- Tropical Atlantic, western/central Pacific, and Indian Oceans; breeding colonies span the Caribbean, Bermuda (northern limit, largest Atlantic breeding population at ~2,000-3,000 pairs), Hawaii, and island groups across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
- Makanan
- Flying fish and squid (plus some crabs), caught mainly by plunge-diving from height (up to ~20 m) or hovering just above the surface
- Ukuran
- 0,76 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,92 m
- Masa hidup
- 12 tahun
