Sentences with phrase «great frigatebirds»

Midway is home base for many seabird species, from the Bonin petrels pictured above, to Great frigatebirds, Red - footed boobies, Black - footed albatross and more.

Headed by neurophysiologist Niels Rattenborg, the international team of researchers that authored the study spent time in the Galápagos Islands monitoring the brain activity of great frigatebirds (Fregata minor).

It's part of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of migratory seabirds, such as red - footed boobies, great frigatebirds and albatross, rest, forage or nest.

Scientists built miniature devices to measure avian head movement, brain electrical activity and GPS location, and they attached them — almost like hats and backpacks — to great frigatebirds of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

The great frigatebirds can fly for weeks without a break, mostly cruising over the ocean looking for food near the surface.

To settle this question, Niels Rattenborg at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany, and his colleagues fitted small brain activity monitors and movement trackers to 14 great frigatebirds.

Great frigatebirds, for example, can fly continuously for up to two months.

Species: Great frigatebird, Fregata minor Habitat: Breeds on tropical islands in the southern Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans; feeds on fish and squid in the open ocean

The great frigatebird's ability to fly for weeks without a break has mystified scientists.

The great frigatebird is a species of large seabird that can spend weeks flying non-stop over the ocean in search of food.

Not exact matches

Three of the five extant species of frigatebirds are widespread, (the magnificent, great and lesser frigatebirds) while two are endangered (the Christmas Island and Ascension Island frigatebirds) and restrict their breeding habitat to one small island each.

This is a great place to see frigatebirds, pelicans, iguanas, and the different boobies.

The rocky outcrops are also great places to see different birds, including pelicans and frigatebirds.

More than 60 species of birds have been identified on the Turneffe Atoll with the following seen commonly: snowy egret, little blue heron, great blue heron, tricolored heron, yellow - crowned night heron, clapper rail, mangrove swallow, brown pelican, magnificent frigatebird, double - crested cormorant, osprey, mangrove warbler, great tailed grackle, golden fronted woodpecker, tropical mockingbird, cinnamon hummingbird, green breasted mango, hooded oriole, white crowned pigeon and royal tern.