Red-tailed tropic bird parent and chick at Johnston Atoll NWR.

A red-tailed tropicbird and her chick sit below a branch. Dead leaves surround them.

Photo By/Credit

Jordan Akiyama/USFWS/USFWS, Pacific Islands

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A red-tailed tropic bird and her chick nest beneath a hale koa tree on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, May 25, 2021.

Facility

Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Phaethon rubricauda

Subject tags

Islands

Seabirds

Wildlife refuges

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