Hi Mike,
Pulau Tioman is a well known roost site for Christmas Frigatebird - mentioned
in Lord Medway's
paper on the birds of the island in the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum as long
ago as the early
1960s.
Regards,
Ian.
Quoting Carl Clifford <>:
> Sorry Mike, it is just a roost for both species, or at least I have
>
> not read of any breeding there, and I have not been out to the islet
>
> (Pulau Rengis) to check. Wells does not mention any breeding
> population in M'sia for either species in "Birds of the Thai-Malay
> Peninsula".
>
> It is very pleasant sitting in the grounds of the Berjaya Resort
> coming up to sunset, with a bevvie in one hand and binos in the other
>
> and watch them wheeling in from over the S. China Sea in their
> hundreds to roost.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 05/03/2009, at 7:04 PM, Mike Carter wrote:
>
>
> From: "Carl Clifford" <>
> To: "Steve Potter" <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:13 PM
>
>
> > Steve,
> > If you would like a nice after conference break on a tropical
> > island, I would suggest Tioman, off the East coast of Malaysia.
> You
> > can get there from S'pore easily by air or sea. The birding there
>
> > is not bad, with the majority of the island coverd with rainforest
>
> > and there is an island just off shore with a colony of Christmas
>
> > and Great Frigatebirds.
>
> Do you mean a BREEDING colony of Christmas Frigatebirds (or just a
> roost site)?
>
> Great news if true because I thought this was a Christmas Island
> endemic and good if there was another breeding population from a
> conservation viewpoint.
>
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> Tel (03) 9787 7136
>
>
>
>
>
>
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