Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
Christmas Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) - HBW 1, p. 373
French: Frégate d'Andrews
German: Weißbauch Fregattvogel
Spanish: Rabihorcado de la Christmas
Other common names: Andrews' Frigatebird
Taxonomy: Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
Formerly included in F. aquila. Monotypic.
Distribution: Only known to breed on Christmas I, E Indian Ocean; feeds in surrounding ocean and disperses widely. Said to breed on Anambas Is, E of Malay Peninsula, but good evidence lacking.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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A female in flight, seen from below Locality Borneo (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 31 July 2004 4 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
Different ventral views of a female flying Locality Borneo (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 31 July 2004 4 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A female flying. Locality Phi Phi Islands, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 3
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Photo shows adult male.
Locality North Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Boas Emmanuel 3 April 2011 44 weeks ago 3 -
below, underparts, flying
Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand
dreyernp 26 January 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Uderparts of Christmas Frigatebird
Locality Khao Nor Chuchi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
dreyernp 26 January 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A female bird gliding in to roost on Bida Islet
Locality Phi Phi Islands, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 22 March 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Photo shows adult male.
Locality North Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Boas Emmanuel 3 April 2011 44 weeks ago 2.5 -
above, upperparts, flight, flying
Locality Phi Phi Islands, Southern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
dreyernp 26 January 2010 1 year ago 2.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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