Talk:Red-billed tropicbird

Better photo?
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Please see File:Red-billed Tropicbird on the nest (Phaeton aethereus mesonauta).jpg-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  15:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * On a related note, for some reason neither I or anyone else brought up during the FAC that this article could need a range map, as is present in all other bird FAs, though it seems to have been brought up during the GAN. What do you say, and ? FunkMonk (talk) 17:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok...when I get to it :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:01, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Red-billed tropicbird is not a bad swimmer
There is information about this bird being a bad swimmer. This ain't true. The bird swims well.

http://www.arkive.org/red-billed-tropicbird/phaethon-aethereus/#src=portletV3api

Red-billed tropicbird biology

The red-billed tropicbird has a strong, energetic flight, using rapid wing-beats rather than gliding or soaring, and it also swims well, with the long tail held up out of the water (3) (5). Usually foraging alone, it typically flies high above the water, sometimes hovering, before plunge-diving to catch fish or squid, or sometimes taking flying fish from the air (2) (3) (6). In contrast, it is extremely awkward on land, using the wings to push itself along on its belly (3) (6).

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