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EMDERBURY 
Great FrigateMrd (Fregata minor) : 
BIRDS 
urrent Status: Abundant resident 
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fresh eggs ig. January od> 1841 noted that the nests were, built on the ground 
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because of the absence of trees. Donaghho (1952) -regents th.b &my were 
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common in July, 1938 but he undoubtably included both species of frigatebirds 
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in this statement. In the Spring of 1939 J.F. Kinney banded 200 adult 
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frigatebirds ) -5wei~’She of these was later recaptured on Tongareva (Munro, 1944). 
Population : The population estimates are toei^^^t«e inaccurate ’fry 
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— 1 trale^ont-s— g^x— mir^ popxil.attron cycles. ItrHc ecr tain.tim r there is consider- 
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able variation in the population with peak numbers being present in i&fr summer. 
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Table 
Greett Frigatebird populations on Enderbury Island 
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r eoruary 
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5,000 
•^/peo (as&**) ac .-- ^—• 
1,000 C 86 ^) 
3,COO (a-a7S) 
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ar-nurr .a •«**** &. \o«\w.v 
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Annual Cycle: There is a definite annual cycle In this specie 
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.though it may 
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vary slightly from year to year. In 19 64 the cycle y-JHaTe Ifo ^c 
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Table _ _ Nesting Activi% of the Great Irigatebrd on Fuderbury Island 
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