Wildlife Spotting

Thanks for your answer. Can you move the pin to the point on the map where it was found? Frigate birds rarely swim and cannot walk on the ground. They can only manage to clamber around in the trees or bushes where they nest. This may explain why it was it was weak, it was a youngster and maybe had not learned to stay away from the ground! The Great Frigatebird wingspan is about 6-7 feet, not sure about the Lesser but probably slightly less. Take a look at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigatebird

Hi Coleen, your map pin shows this picture was taken inland, a long way from the sea, which is not where we would normally expect to see this bird. Are you able to move the pin to the correct location, or if it is inland tell us the circumstances, was it in a zoo perhaps? Also, I agree with Liam's ID thoughts, can you tell us if the body was, say, as long as an adults arm, or as long as an adults leg. This would help to ID it.

Either a Lesser (Fregata ariel) or Great (Fregata minor) Frigatebird. I'm leaning more towards Great, but I don't think there's a reliable way to differentiate the two other than size. Lesser is about 75cm and Great 105cm.

This is the cutest thing I've seen all day!

Check this for the adults. There is also a youngster in one of the pics: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6498028

This is a young frigate bird

gannet?