White-tailed Tropicbird
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White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Jaragua National Park
37 Verified records at Jaragua National Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) or yellow-billed tropicbird is a tropicbird. It is the smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It is found in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It also breeds on some Caribbean islands, and a few pairs have started nesting recently on Little Tobago, joining the red-billed tropicbird colony. In addition to the tropical Atlantic, it nests as far north as Bermuda, where it is locally called a "longtail". Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Tropicbird sighting in Jaragua National Park, based on 37 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
40–50
Apr
20–30
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
10–20%
2 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
Insufficient data
3 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
4 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-tailed Tropicbird in Jaragua National Park?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Tropicbird sighting in Jaragua National Park, based on 37 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-tailed Tropicbird in Jaragua National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for White-tailed Tropicbird in Jaragua National Park in our monthly data.

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