- Phaethon aethereus (Red-billed Tropicbird)
- Phaethon aethereus aethereus
- Phaethon aethereus indicus
- Phaethon aethereus mesonauta
- Phaethon lepturus (White-tailed Tropicbird)
- Phaethon lepturus ascensionis
- Phaethon lepturus catesbyi (White-tailed Tropicbird (Atlantic))
- Phaethon lepturus dorotheae (White-tailed Tropicbird (Pacific))
- Phaethon lepturus europae
- Phaethon lepturus fulvus
- Phaethon lepturus lepturus
- Phaethon rubricauda (Red-tailed Tropicbird)
- Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
- Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda
- Phaethon rubricauda westralis