Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Above and below: A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list.

A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A Red-billed Tropicbird at Cape Point, North Carolina (5/30/2011). Truly awesome! This stunning species is typically found in tropical seas such as the Caribbean and off Pacific Mexico. It is a very rare vagrant to the U.S. East Coast, but a real contender - along with White-tailed Tropicbird - for eventual addition to the Maryland state list. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: A Red-billed Tropicbird was an excellent highlight on a 10/8/11 pelagic out of San Diego.

A Red-billed Tropicbird was an excellent highlight on a 10/8/11 pelagic out of San Diego. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A Red-billed Tropicbird was an excellent highlight on a 10/8/11 pelagic out of San Diego. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A Red-billed Tropicbird was an excellent highlight on a 10/8/11 pelagic out of San Diego. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: Amazing! Hawaii's second-ever record of Red-billed Tropicbird. My girlfriend Becky and I photographed this beautiful bird in southeastern O'ahu on 3/19/2006.


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