A Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) shelters under a stone nest on Bedwell Island, at the Rowley Shoals.
Add to Cart Add to LightboxA Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) shelters under a stone nest on Bedwell Island, at the Rowley Shoals. Tropicbirds are sea birds, found in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The birds nest under bushes and on cliffs. A natural nest consists of a mere scrape in the ground under bushes. On Bedwell Island, DEC have created stone shelters, which are monitored.
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- © Annabelle Sandes | Kimberley Media 2010
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- Commonwealth Marine Reserves - Kimberley, Rowley Shoals, Underwater Kimberley Images, Birds - Kimberley
