Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Phaethontidae > Genus Phaethon

Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaethon*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: roodsnavelkeerkringvogel sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: red-billed tropicbird sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Red-billed Tropicbird sources: Charles Hussey

French: phaéton à bec rouge sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Rotschnabel-Tropikvogel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): פתון אדום-מקור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: raudonsnapis faetonas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: faeton białosterny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: красноклювый фаэтон sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: rabijunco etéreo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kırmızı gagalı tropik kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Фаетон

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications)
GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137177

Drs Cees Roselaar. Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96608