NEWS

Arabian Tropicbird, one of the rarest seabirds in Kerala, has been sighted off the Kollam coast during a pelagic survey

DETAILS

• Threatened Species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List
• Generally found in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Pakistan, western India, south-western Sri Lanka and the Horn of Africa
• Rare but regular vagrant to Seychelles Island.
• Considered a subspecies of the Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus aethereus) of Central Atlantic Ocean which breeds on islands south of the equator
• Distinguished by its smaller size, orange bill with black cutting edge, and the shape of eye-line.