Christmas Frigatebird

In the wild it can only be found on christmas island a small australian territory in the indian ocean.

Christmas frigatebird. These birds are particularly threatened by the introduced yellow crazy ant due to the fact that the species eats the christmas island crabs alive. Christmas island frigatebird facts. The female is slightly larger than the male and has a white breast and belly. The frigatebird breeding season extends from january to september.

The christmas frigatebird is a large lightly built seabird with brownish black plumage long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. This bird has the ability to stay airborne for more than a week at a time allowing them to have a large foraging range. Christmas frigatebird fregata andrewsi is a bird which belongs to the family of frégatidés and the order of suliformes. The christmas frigatebird measures 89 100 cm 35 39 in in length has a 205 230 cm 81 91 in wingspan and weighs approximately 1 550 g 3 42 lb.

It is a species of large lightly built seabirds with brownish black plumage long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. Considerable areas of former breeding habitat have already been cleared and the species was likely more numerous prior to this loss of habitat hill and dunn 2004. The male has an egg shaped white patch on its belly and a striking red gular sac which it inflates to attract a mate. Currently there are only four significant nesting colonies of christmas island frigatebirds james and mcallan 2014.

There is a single egg produced by each pair. The christmas island frigatebird is the rarest endemic seabird on christmas island australia.