Fregata andrewsi
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In 3 days <5%
The Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) or Christmas Island frigatebird is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae which is an endemic breeder to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Apart from the Ascension frigatebird, the three other species of frigatebird have much more widely distributed breeding locations.
The Christmas frigatebird is a large lightly built seabird with brownish-black plumage, long narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It has a wingspan of around 2.15 m (7.1 ft). The male has an egg shaped white patch on his belly and a striking red gular sac which he inflates to attract a mate. The female is slightly larger than the male and has a white breast and belly. They feed on fish taken in flight from the ocean's surface (mostly flying fish), and sometimes indulge in kleptoparasitism, harassing other birds to force them to regurgitate their food. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Christmas frigatebird was once considered to belong to the species Fregata aquila but in 1914 the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews proposed that the Christmas frigatebird should... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Christmas Frigatebird sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 235th most-seen of the 283 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Christmas Frigatebird in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Mumbai's wettest months, with about 830 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Christmas Frigatebird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Christmas Frigatebird sightings, Mumbai ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Jakarta (Indonesia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Christmas Frigatebird is recorded against all the birds logged in Mumbai (29 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
