Red-tailed tropicbird lifespan and age in human years

Longest recorded 32.7 years

🏆 The longest-lived red-tailed tropicbird on record reached 32.7 years in the wild.

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda). The oldest known individual lived 32.7 years; this chart maps that record to a human age of 120. Most individuals live considerably shorter lives than the record.

• Reaches adulthood at about 9 months
• Adult weight about 593 g
• Incubation about 45 days
• About 1 eggs at a time