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Laysan Albatross: Large seabird with dark brown back, white head, neck and rump, dark eye patch. Bill is thick and yellow with gray hooked tip. Wings dark brown above and white below, with irregular brown-black borders, dark brown-black with white coverts, and pink legs and feet. Feeds on fish and invertebrates. Dynamic soaring, stays aloft for hours with little flapping of wings. Sexes similar.
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Lesser Frigatebird: This large seabird is mostly black, with brown band on secondary coverts, white mark where inner wings meet body, and a red throat patch that inflates during courtship displays. Long pointed wings, long forked tail, long gray hooked tip bill, and short gray legs and feet. Female has black hood and white breast. Feeds on squid and fish. Graceful soaring and swooping flight.
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