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On a related note, for some reason neither I or anyone else brought up during the FAC that this article could need a range map, as is present in all other bird FAs, though it seems to have been brought up during the GAN. What do you say,
RileyBugz and
Casliber?
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17:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)reply
The red-billed tropicbird has a strong, energetic flight, using rapid wing-beats rather than gliding or soaring, and it also swims well, with the long tail held up out of the water (3) (5). Usually foraging alone, it typically flies high above the water, sometimes hovering, before plunge-diving to catch fish or squid, or sometimes taking flying fish from the air (2) (3) (6). In contrast, it is extremely awkward on land, using the wings to push itself along on its belly (3) (6).
Either in lead, or in taxonomy section, or preferably both, worth mentioning that the tropicbirds are a family (as well as a genus) and naming that family.
In overall appearance it is tern-like in shape. - this is in the lead and in the description section and I would argue that the word "superficially" is needed. There is a passing resemblance in the air but you would never mistake one for the other in the field, especially on the ground.
Added "in flight" to the description based on one of the distinguishing features being its flight path, and added "superficially" in lead.
RileyBugz会話投稿記録00:58, 27 May 2017 (UTC)reply
I know that the range of the nominate is often given as South Atlantic (example HBW) but I think that is an inaccurate simplification when you dig down into the actual range. It's breeding islands are all south of the equator (just south in some cases) but its breeding distribution stretches north as does its non-breeding distribution. I would suggest Central Atlantic for the lead and subspecies sections.
I don't think that you need a source to specifically state central Atlantic if the sources specifically state that it breeds on islands that are found there. The HBW also shows the feeding ranges as going north of the equator.
Sabine's Sunbirdtalk22:04, 27 May 2017 (UTC)reply
The ordering of the distribution section is weird - it starts wide, then discusses occasional vagrancy before explaining where they are most commonly found, then ends on vagrancy again. I would suggest starting wide, then the basic distribution, then the wandering and vagrancy section.
It seems a shame that this fact from HBW is not covered In the White-tailed and Red-billed Tropicbirds ... or birds may carry out long downward glides, sometimes descending several hundred metres, with one bird flying immediately above the other; the bird on top lowers its wings and the one below raises its, so that the tips almost touch.
A breeding bird returns to its partner and nest location from the previous breeding cycle.[15] Perhaps a "usually" is needed here - their bonds aren't quite as life long as say an albatross.
The threat presented by these cats has only appeared in recent years; tropicbirds on Saba have only been threatened since about 2000. This sentence is cimbersome and adds nothing to the example (which is about how cats are a threat
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