One of three
species of tropicbirds that
are oceanic and found far
offshore in warm water. Rare
visitor to waters off California.
Tropicbirds court
each other with an aerial
display and callings. They
make their nests on ledges
and in holes and crevices
in the cliffs, and lay a single
egg on the ground. Both parents
share in incubation and in
feeding of the chick. |
