Experts' Choice Award Frigate Bird Sanctuary
What the experts agree on
World's second-largest frigate bird sanctuary hosts thousands of black-feathered birds nesting in mangroves alongside 180+ other species. Guided tours showcase noisy, dramatic nesting grounds rivaling the Galapagos.
“Home to the sanctuary and (historically) around 5,000 frigate birds...tours are readily available to view these black beauties, as well as 180 other species of birds.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"More than 2500 of these black-feathered critters roost amid the scrubby mangroves. The birds’ nesting sites are abuzz with squawking" Full review
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Make arrangements at least a day in advance through the tourist office.
Afar Magazine "Barbuda is a birders paradise, home to some 170 avian species, including one of the largest frigate bird colonies on the plant. Located in the vast Codrington Lagoon, which also hosts..." Full review
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