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Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

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Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Red-tailed tropicbird Tropicbirds Tropicbirds Birds Chordate Animals
Roodstaartkeerkringvogel Keerkringvogels Keerkringvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Phaethon rubricauda Phaethontidae Phaethontiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

2015:05:03 15:33:54
Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/5000 sec at F3.2, ISO 250, distance 29.85 m

Just before touchdown.