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First coastal record of the White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus in Costa Rica
Citation
KOENRAADS, K. & ELIZONDO, P. 2017. First coastal record of the White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus in Costa Rica.
Marine Ornithology 45: 57
- 58
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.45.1.1200
Received 6 June 2016, accepted 16 December 2016
Date Published: 2017/04/15
Date Online: 2017/02/28
Key words: White-tailed Tropicbird, Costa Rica, new record
Abstract
The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus occurs in tropical oceans and is regularly recorded off the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico. In Costa Rica, the species is known from two records in the Pacific Ocean. Here, we present the first documented record of the species on the coast of continental Costa Rica. A single, after-first-cycle individual was observed flying north near Tortuguero, Costa Rica, on 12 April 2013. This is likely to be a wandering individual visiting the coast for feeding or a vagrant blown inland by high winds.
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