Frigatebird (fighting ship bird) - Frigatebird

Japanese: グンカンドリ(軍艦鳥) - グンカンドリ

A general term for birds of the family Frigatebird. There are five species. They are large, black seabirds with a conspicuous red throat pouch. Wingspan is 52 cm. They breed in Australia, New Caledonia, and islands in the South Pacific. In Japan, the great frigatebird and the little frigatebird occasionally appear as stray birds. They have a habit of attacking boobies and petrels, forcing them to spit out the fish they have eaten, which they then catch in the air and eat.

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Japanese:

グンカンドリ科の鳥の総称。５種ある。大型，黒色の海鳥で，赤い咽喉嚢が目だつ。翼長52cm。オーストラリア，ニューカレドニア，南太平洋の島で繁殖。日本にはオオグンカンドリとコグンカンドリが迷鳥としてまれに現れる。カツオドリ，ミズナギドリ等を襲い，食べた魚をはき出させ，これを空中でとらえてたべる習性がある。

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