Phaethon rubricauda, red-tailed tropicbird
Plate 31 (1:31) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks' commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cook's first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771). Annotated Phaeton erubescens.
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