Interesting facts
- The RedBilled Tropicbird is the largest among all tropicbird species globally.
- They avoid getting their elegant tail streamers wet by holding them up while floating on water.
- Tropicbirds are pelagic, meaning they live entirely at sea, only returning to land for breeding.
- Despite thriving in the Galápagos, the global population of redbilled tropicbirds is estimated at just 7,500.
