Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Red-tailed Tropicbird, Nosy Ve, Madagascar, November 2016 2016 - click for larger image

Nosy Ve, Madagascar
November 2016

The Red-tailed Tropicbird is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It breeds on small isolated oceanic islands

Red-tailed Tropicbird, Nosy Ve, Madagascar, November 2016 2016 - click for larger image It feeds on fish, mainly flying fish, and squid.

Photo 3 shows a juvenile.

Red-tailed Tropicbird, Nosy Ve, Madagascar, November 2016 2016 - click for larger image

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