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The Ascension frigatebird (Fregata aquila) is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae which breeds on Boatswain Bird Island and Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The Ascension frigatebird is a large lightly built seabird with brownish-black plumage and a deeply forked tail. It has a wingspan of around 2 m (6.6 ft).
Within these colonies, they most often nest in groups of 10 to 30 (or rarely 100) individuals. [46] Breeding can occur at any time of year, often prompted by commencement of the dry season or plentiful food. [44] Frigatebirds have the most elaborate mating displays of all seabirds.
With beaks chock-full of vegetation, these seabirds - always somewhat clumsy-looking on land - were simply hilarious. Canon 1Dx MKIII, 4.0/500mm, 1.4x converter, ISO 640
There exists no single definition of which groups, families and species are seabirds, and most definitions are in some way arbitrary. Elizabeth Shreiber and Joanna Burger, two seabird scientists, said, "The one common characteristic that all seabirds share is that they feed in saltwater; but, as seems to be true with any statement in biology, some do not."
SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg. At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway ...
Several species are among the most common of seabirds, including Wilson's storm petrel (an estimated 12 to 30 million individuals) [91] and the short-tailed shearwater (23 million individuals); [92] while the total population of some other species is a few hundred.
Seabirds are turning up coated in oil along Pacific Northwest coastlines, and wildlife officials are trying to figure out why. An oiled common murre was first discovered May 19, ...
The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), frigate petrel [2] or man o' war [3] is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae.With a length of 89–114 centimetres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 9 in) and wingspan of 2.17–2.44 m (7 ft 1 in – 8 ft 0 in) it is the largest species of frigatebird.