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| Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
- Fresh juvenile |
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| Photographer : | © David J James |
| Location : | Christmas Island, Indian Ocean |
| Date : |
September 2002 |
| English synonyms: | Christmas Island Frigate Bird, Andrews's Frigatebird, Andrew's frigatebird, Christmas Frigatebird, Andrews's Man-o'-War, Christmas Islands Frigata |
| Bird Family : | Fregatidae - Frigatebirds |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Critically Endangered |
| Remarks : | Note the absence of axillary spurs, a feature of a small proportion of juvenile Christmas Island. The angular, rather than rounded, front and squarish sides of the white belly-patch eliminate juvenile Great Frigatebird Fregata minor. |
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