How big does the Red-Tailed Tropicbird get?

The Red-Tailed Tropicbird grows to about 78 cm.

Red-Tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda

Group: Other
Max size: 78 cm
IUCN status: LC

A pelagic seabird trailing two long scarlet tail streamers, the red tailed tropicbird forages alone far from land. It hunts by folding its wings and plunging deep after fish and squid, and sometimes follows ships across open water.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Pelecaniformes › Phaethontidae › Phaethon

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 212595.

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How big does the Red-Tailed Tropicbird get?: The Red-Tailed Tropicbird grows to about 78 cm.