Phaethontes

bird suborder

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In pelecaniform: Annotated classification
Suborder Phaethontes Family Phaethontidae (tropic birds) Medium sized (16–19 inches or 40–48 cm long). Plumage satiny white with black markings; central 2 tail feathers much elongated in adult. Sexes similar. Bill laterally compressed, slightly decurved, and with undivided horny sheath (rhamphotheca). Nostrils open in slits;
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