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==Untitled==
I imagine, but cannot confirm, that the family name is based on [[Phaëton]], perhaps because of the diving feeding behavior?  --[[User:Chinasaur|Chinasaur]] 19:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

:''Chambers Dictionary'' confirms the link, but suggests that it is because tropicbirds "follow the Sun's course", whatever that means. [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]] 19:29, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

::[[Lord Ramage]] frequently refers to this bird on his voyages to the tropics, and I imagine that the derivation comes from the way that it is seen to fly east-west, but not north-south, in the Atlantic. Quotes can be provided if necessary. [[User:Setokaiba|Setokaiba]]<sup>[[User talk:Setokaiba|✌]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Setokaiba|≝]]</sub> 17:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

==Cladograms==

This article makes reference to some complex phylogeny, which would be best clarified by 'old' and 'new' cladograms to illustrate the changes in thinking. [[User:Chiswick Chap|Chiswick Chap]] ([[User talk:Chiswick Chap|talk]]) 13:15, 16 December 2013 (UTC)