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| Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
- Immature |
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| Photographer : | © V K Yadav |
| Location : | Basirhat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. (Latitude: 22º38'N Longitude: 88º52'E ) |
| Date : |
31 May 2006 |
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| Alt. Common Name : | 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 » more details |
| Remarks : | This fatigued immature was found 70-80 kms inland north of the Sunderbans (which is on the Bay of Bengal). The specimen is now kept at the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
Previous skins collected from the subcontinent and attributed to this species have proved to be of the Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel. This specimen was apparently identified to species after careful measurements at the ZSI, but details have not yet been published and in the meantime this identification should be regarded as provisional. |
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