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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).
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."
A Field Guide to Long Island Sound: Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife. Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. All. ISBN 978-0300220353. Weiss, Howard (1995). Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York. Connecticut: Bulletin. pp. All. ISBN 0-942081-06-4. "NOAA Fish Watch". NOAA Fish Watch.
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 ...
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, ...
Seawatching is a type of birdwatching where participants observe seabirds from a fixed point on the mainland. [1] They may do this from a coastal location, usually a headland, looking out to sea, or from a boat or ship. Seawatching is commonly performed during bird migration seasons, and particularly when weather conditions are suitable.
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
The most important family culturally is the albatrosses, which have been described by one author as "the most legendary of birds". [76] Albatrosses have featured in poetry in the form of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's famous 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , which in turn gave rise to the usage of albatross as metaphor for a burden . [ 77 ]