*GREAT FRIGATEBIRD Fregata minor

Local name Marmaré (Sansundi).

Range Widespread in New Guinea waters (Beehler & Pratt 2016).

Status Occasional visitor. 13 January 1997: at least one adult male among 40+ frigatebirds over Sansundi (SvB); 29 June 2011: a male identified with c.10 Lesser Frigatebirds F. ariel just east of Biak ( M. van Beirs in litt. 2021).