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Alternative name: Christmas Frigatebird

Fregata andrewsi

[edit] 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.

[edit] Distribution

Christmas Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in tall trees.

The diet includes flying fish, squid and other marine creatures, taken on the wing from the ocean surface.

[edit] References

BirdLife International

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages