Which Oceanian country's flag features a yellow frigatebird?

Kiribati’s flag features a yellow frigatebird. The bird flies above a golden rising sun in the red upper half of the flag, while blue and white waves fill the lower half.

The frigatebird represents power, freedom, and patterns associated with Kiribati cultural dancing. It is also a highly regarded symbol in the islands’ traditions. The rising sun refers to Kiribati’s position astride the Equator, and the three white wavy stripes represent the Pacific Ocean and Kiribati’s three island groups: the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line Islands.

The flag is an armorial banner, meaning its design is based on the shield in the country’s coat of arms. That emblem originated during the colonial period of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The flag was officially adopted when Kiribati became independent on 12 July 1979.

The bird is sometimes mistaken for a generic eagle because it is shown in flight above the sun. It is specifically a great frigatebird, identified in the flag’s descriptions as Fregata minor. The Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Tuvalu have distinctive Pacific designs, but none uses Kiribati’s combination of a yellow frigatebird, rising sun, and ocean stripes.