Data Zone
Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.
| Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
| Year | Category | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Least Concern | |
| 2018 | Least Concern | |
| 2016 | Least Concern | |
| 2012 | Least Concern | |
| 2009 | Least Concern | |
| 2008 | Least Concern | |
| 2004 | Least Concern | |
| 2000 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
| 1994 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
| 1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| Migratory status | full migrant | Forest dependency | does not normally occur in forest |
| Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
| Estimate | Data quality | |
|---|---|---|
| Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 161,000,000 km2 | medium |
| Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) | 229,000,000 km2 | medium |
| Severely fragmented? | no | - |
| Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population size | 400000 mature individuals | poor | estimated | 2019 |
| Population trend | decreasing | - | suspected | - |
| Generation length | 8.4 years | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population is estimated to number fewer than 400,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).
Trend justification: The population is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019), which is thought to be caused by predation by invasive species.
| Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | extant | native | yes | |||
| Angola | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Anguilla (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | extant | native | ||||
| Australia | extant | native | ||||
| Bahamas | extant | native | ||||
| Barbados | extant | native | ||||
| Belize | extant | native | ||||
| Benin | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Bermuda (to UK) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) | extant | native | ||||
| Brazil | extant | native | ||||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | extant | native | yes | |||
| Cameroon | extant | native | ||||
| Canada | extant | native | ||||
| Cayman Islands (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Chile | extant | native | ||||
| China (mainland) | extant | native | ||||
| Christmas Island (to Australia) | extant | native | ||||
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Colombia | extant | native | ||||
| Comoros | extant | native | ||||
| Cook Islands | extant | native | yes | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Cuba | extant | native | ||||
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) | extant | native | ||||
| Dominica | extant | native | ||||
| Dominican Republic | extant | native | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | extant | native | ||||
| Fiji | extant | native | yes | |||
| French Guiana | extant | uncertain | ||||
| French Polynesia | extant | native | ||||
| Gabon | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Ghana | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Grenada | extant | native | ||||
| Guadeloupe (to France) | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Guam (to USA) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Guatemala | extant | native | ||||
| Guyana | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Haiti | extant | native | ||||
| High Seas | extant | native | yes | |||
| Honduras | extant | uncertain | ||||
| India | extant | native | ||||
| Indonesia | extant | native | ||||
| Jamaica | extant | native | yes | |||
| Japan | extant | native | ||||
| Kenya | extant | native | ||||
| Liberia | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Madagascar | extant | native | ||||
| Malaysia | extant | native | ||||
| Maldives | extant | native | yes | |||
| Marshall Islands | extant | native | yes | |||
| Martinique (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| Mauritius | extant | native | yes | |||
| Mayotte (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| Mexico | extant | native | ||||
| Micronesia, Federated States of | extant | native | yes | |||
| Montserrat (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Mozambique | extant | native | ||||
| Myanmar | extant | native | ||||
| Nauru | extant | native | ||||
| New Caledonia (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| New Zealand | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Nigeria | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Northern Mariana Islands (to USA) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Palau | extant | native | yes | |||
| Panama | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Philippines | extant | native | ||||
| Puerto Rico (to USA) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Réunion (to France) | extant | native | yes | |||
| São Tomé e Príncipe | extant | native | ||||
| Seychelles | extant | native | yes | |||
| Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) | extant | native | ||||
| Solomon Islands | extant | native | ||||
| South Africa | extant | native | ||||
| Sri Lanka | extant | native | ||||
| St Barthelemy (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| St Helena (to UK) | extant | native | yes | |||
| St Kitts and Nevis | extant | native | ||||
| St Lucia | extant | native | ||||
| St Martin (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | extant | native | ||||
| Suriname | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Taiwan, China | extant | native | ||||
| Tanzania | extant | native | ||||
| Thailand | extant | native | ||||
| Timor-Leste | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Togo | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Tonga | extant | native | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | extant | native | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) | extant | native | yes | |||
| United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA) | extant | native | ||||
| USA | extant | native | yes | |||
| Vanuatu | extant | native | ||||
| Venezuela | extant | uncertain | ||||
| Virgin Islands (to UK) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Virgin Islands (to USA) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France) | extant | native | yes |
| Country/Territory | IBA Name |
|---|---|
| Bahamas | Booby Rocks and Pirates Bay |
| Bahamas | Conception Island National Park |
| Bahamas | Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park |
| Bahamas | Graham's Harbour |
| Bahamas | North Atlantic Abaco Cays |
| Bahamas | Southern Abaco |
| Bermuda (to UK) | Cooper's Island and Castle Islands |
| Christmas Island (to Australia) | Christmas Island |
| Dominica | L'llet |
| Dominica | Point Des Foux |
| French Southern Territories | Europa |
| Indonesia | Pulau Manuk |
| Mauritius | Round Island |
| Puerto Rico (to USA) | Acantilados del Noroeste |
| Seychelles | Aldabra Special Reserve |
| Seychelles | Aride Island Special Reserve |
| Seychelles | Cousin Island Special Reserve |
| Seychelles | Cousine island |
| St Helena (to UK) | Boatswainbird Island |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) | Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail, Middle Caicos |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) | Turks Bank Seabird Cays |
| Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Macroalgal/Kelp | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Macroalgal/Kelp | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Pelagic | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Pelagic | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Seagrass (Submerged) | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Seagrass (Submerged) | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Sandy | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Sandy | major | breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Sandy-Mud | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Neritic | Subtidal Sandy-Mud | major | breeding |
| Marine Oceanic | Epipelagic (0-200m) | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Oceanic | Epipelagic (0-200m) | major | breeding |
| Marine Oceanic | Mesopelagic (200-1000m) | major | non-breeding |
| Marine Oceanic | Mesopelagic (200-1000m) | major | breeding |
| Altitude | Occasional altitudinal limits |
| Threat (level 1) | Threat (level 2) | Impact and Stresses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change & severe weather | Storms & flooding | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Ongoing | Minority (<50%) | Causing/Could cause fluctuations | Low Impact: 5 | ||||||
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| Pollution | Industrial & military effluents - Oil spills | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Ongoing | Minority (<50%) | Slow, Significant Declines | Low Impact: 5 | ||||||
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| Residential & commercial development | Housing & urban areas | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Ongoing | Minority (<50%) | Negligible declines | Low Impact: 4 | ||||||
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| Purpose | Scale |
|---|---|
| Pets/display animals, horticulture | international |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-tailed-tropicbird-phaethon-lepturus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.