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Magnificent Frigatebird. This was our first new species of the trip.
Frigatebirds are aerial "pirates", preferring to steal food from other
aquatic birds rather than finding their own. They spend almost all
their time soaring; we saw them virtually every day. This individual
is male, by virtue of its red gullet pouch (which it puffs up to
enormous proportions during breeding displays). Photographed from
Sugarloaf. |
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