Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes

Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: keerkringvogels

English: tropicbirds sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: ネッタイチョウ科

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376