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Kōrero: Kermadec Islands

Red-tailed tropic bird

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Red-tailed tropic bird

The red-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon rubricauda, nests in holes on tropical islands, and is not uncommon on Macauley Island.

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Kermadec Expedition

by Peter de Lange

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Kermadec Islands – Plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37367/red-tailed-tropic-bird (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.