Red-billed Tropicbird Click on any thumbnail to view a medium sized version of the selected image, or click on its title to download the largest available format (for print).   Rb Tropicbird 01  Rb Tropicbird 02  Rb Tropicbird 03  Rb Tropicbird 04  Rb Tropicbird 05  Rb Tropicbird 06  Rb Tropicbird 07  Rb Tropicbird 08  Rb Tropicbird 09  Rb Tropicbird 10  Rb Tropicbird 11  Rb Tropicbird 12  Rb Tropicbird 13  Rb Tropicbird 14  Rb Tropicbird 15  click "Play" to start downloading the video... (It is a 3MB clip. Using dial-up, downloading may take a while ...) Red-billed Tropicbirds breed along the coasts of Central and South America. According to "Hawaiian Birdlife" by Andrew Berger, the first record for the Hawaiian Islands was an immature female collected at Nihoa Island on June 15, 1923 by Alexander Wetmore. A. Emerson collected a bird on East Island, French Frigate Shoals, in 1968. There were two sight records for Sand Island, Johnson Atoll, in 1957. In the main Hawaiian islands the only previous record was from Kilauea Point NWR, Kauai where a single Red-billed Tropicbird resided during the Winter/Spring of 1998,1999 and 2000. At 7:45 AM on the morning of March 3, 2006 I observed a single Red-billed Tropicbird along Oahu’s southeast coastline. This is the only known record for the island of Oahu. Hawaii Birding Tours    Reservations    Oahu Nature Tours    Phone:   808  924-2473 natureguide@oahunaturetours.com ©  Content and photos on this website can only be used with written permission from Oahu Nature Tours, Inc. Our photos are for sale as printed images and available for one time use for publications and other media.