What is "boatswain bird"

n. mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land [syn: tropic bird, tropicbird]

Boatswain Bird can refer to:

• Another name for the red-billed tropicbird
• Boatswain Bird Island, a small uninhabited island nature reserve, home to many boatswain birds and other species, off the coast of Ascension Island.