Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethontidae: Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (0, 2)

STATUS: Extremely rare. BBRC.

1). 2001 Sea area Sole, sailing vessel Marg a Rita, about 32 km SSE of Scilly, adult, 7th June, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 480, plate 282; S. Blamire, British Birds 97: 231-237, plates 133-135; Birdwatch 111: 50-51, photo; Birding World 15 (8): 352, photo; BOURC (2003), Ibis 145: 178-183; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 22).

2). 2002 Sea area Sole, MV Scillonian III, about 6.5 km E of Scilly, 29th March.

(J. Robson, Birding World 15 (3): 90, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 549).