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Hovering Tropicbird

A koa'e 'ula, or red-tailed tropicbird, hovers near a sea cliff nest. They are superb aerial acrobats and the only bird I can think of, other than hummingbirds, that can also fly backwards. Surely the most beautiful of all the seabirds! (Phaethon rubricauda)

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Uploaded on October 5, 2019
Taken on June 15, 2015