Die witpylstert (Phaethon lepturus) is 'n voël en 'n gereelde besoeker aan die Mosambiekkanaal en swerwer verder suid.
Die voël is 45 – 50 cm groot (met 40 cm wimpel) en weeg 280 – 400 g met 'n vlerkspan van 90 – 98 cm. Die voëls broei op tropiese eilande wêreldwyd, insluitend 2 200 pare op Ascension-eiland. In Engels staan die voël bekend as White-tailed tropicbird.
Witpylstert | |
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Orde: | Phaethontiformes |
Familie: | Phaethontidae |
Genus: | Phaethon |
Spesie: | P. lepturus |
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Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 |
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