1. Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb.  Note the ghostly white plumage without dark markings (except around eye), red bill, dark feet and red tail streamers.

2. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb. Same bird as above.

3. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb. A different individual.

4. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb. Same individual as image 3 above.

5. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb. Same individual as image 3 above.

6. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. Videograb. Same individual as image 3 above.

7. Red-tailed Tropicbird P. r. melanorhynchos, adult, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, July 7, 2006. © Katherine A. Feldman.

 © Stephen J. Davies