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90-100 cm. Black, white belly, pale upperwing bar. '''Male''' - red gular pouch, small white belly patch, long, dark grey, hooked bill. '''Female''' - black head, throat and spur on sides of upper breast, white collar, breast, belly, pink bill and red orbital ring. | 90-100 cm. Black, white belly, pale upperwing bar. '''Male''' - red gular pouch, small white belly patch, long, dark grey, hooked bill. '''Female''' - black head, throat and spur on sides of upper breast, white collar, breast, belly, pink bill and red orbital ring. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Christmas Islands]]. | + | [[Christmas Islands]]. Occurs, regularly, around the coasts of the Greater Sunda's as far north as the north coast of Sabah, Borneo. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic. | Monotypic. | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 19 July 2010
Alternative name: Christmas Frigatebird
- Fregata andrewsi
Identification
90-100 cm. Black, white belly, pale upperwing bar. Male - red gular pouch, small white belly patch, long, dark grey, hooked bill. Female - black head, throat and spur on sides of upper breast, white collar, breast, belly, pink bill and red orbital ring.
Distribution
Christmas Islands. Occurs, regularly, around the coasts of the Greater Sunda's as far north as the north coast of Sabah, Borneo.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
It nests in tall trees.
The diet includes flying fish, squid and other marine creatures, taken on the wing from the ocean surface.
References
BirdLife International
