Indian Ocean White-tailed Tropicbird: Phaethon lepturus lepturus Daudin, 1802: Phaethontidae

Rohan Clarke, Sarah M Brown, Nicholas A Macgregor, David J James, Ian A W Mcallan, John C.Z. Woinarski, Stephen Thomas Garnett

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Abstract

Infraspecific taxa
Seven subspecies; traditionally includes P. l. fulvus (VU) Christmas Island, P. l. dorotheae (LC), a non-breeding visitor to eastern Australia. Recent genetic and morphological analysis recommends that P.l.dorotheae, P.l.fulvus and P.l.lepturus be combined in a single subspecies (Humeau et al.2020).
Taxonomic uniqueness: very high; subspecies/species: 6, species/genus: 3, genera/family: 1, families/order:1.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020
EditorsStephen T Garnett, G Barry Baker
Place of PublicationClayton South VIC Australia
PublisherCSIRO Publishing
Pages38-41
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781486311910, 9781486311927
ISBN (Print)9781486311903
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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