Die Rooibekpylstert (Phaethon aethereus) is 'n voël en 'n seldsame besoeker aan die kus van Suid-Afrika.
Die voël is 60 – 65 cm groot (met 40 cm wimpel) en weeg 650 - 700 g met 'n vlerkspan van 100 - 108 sentimeter. Daar broei slegs 1 200 pare hoofsaaklik op Ascension-eiland. In Engels staan die voël bekend as Red-billed tropicbird.
Rooibekpylstert | |
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Orde: | Phaethontiformes |
Familie: | Phaethontidae |
Genus: | Phaethon |
Spesie: | P. aethereus |
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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