tropicbirds in English
noun
1
a tropical seabird with mainly white plumage and very long central tail feathers.
I am still amazed by the lifeless waters along the coast - no gulls, no terns, no frigatebirds or tropicbirds , no herons.
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1. The nyctosaurid Alcione may display adaptations for wing-propelled diving like modern gannets and tropicbirds.
2. While the darters' lack of many display behaviors is shared with gannets (and that of a few with cormorants), these are all symplesiomorphies that are absent in frigatebirds, tropicbirds and pelicans also.