Friday, December 23, 2016

CHRISTMAS FRIGATEBIRD

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016
949            CHRISTMAS FRIGATEBIRD             Frigata andrewsi

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Island)            678

Also known as Christmas Island Frigatebird.   Found in tropical seas, oceanic islands, coasts. Breeds April-June, Christmas Island; ranges through tropical Indian Ocean to coasts of India, se Asia to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. Critically endangered.





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