Christmas frigatebird  (Fregata andrewsi)

Authentication

Authenticated (22/10/02) by Max Orchard, Environment Australia.

http://www.ea.gov.au/index.html

Glossary

  • Cephalopods: from the Greek for ‘head-foot’, a class of molluscs that occur only in marine habitats. All species have grasping tentacles, and either an internal or external shell. Includes nautiloids, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and extinct ammonites and belemnites.
  • Colonies: a group of organisms living together, individuals in the group are not physiologically connected and may not be related, such as a colony of birds. Another meaning refers to organisms, such as bryozoans, which are composed of numerous genetically identical modules (also referred to as zooids or ‘individuals’), which are produced by budding and remain physiologically connected.
  • Gular pouch: a large distensible pouch below the bill of some birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Erritzoe, J. (1993) The Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them.The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.
  3. CITES (October, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Orchard, M. (2002) Pers. comm.
  5. BirdLife International. (2000) Threatened Birds of the World.Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.
  6. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
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