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Fregata minor

Photo by Robert Davis
Photographed: Galapagos

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Widespread tropical Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Accidental to the United States with records in Oklahoma and off the coast of California.

[edit] Taxonomy

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• F.m. palmerstoni - Breeds islands in w. and central Pacific
• F.m. ridgwayi - Breeds e. Pacific on Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands
• F.m. nicolli - Breeds Tinidade Is. and Martin Vaz Is.; ranges to Brazil
• F.m. aldabrensis - Breeds w. Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands
• F.m. minor - Cocos and Christmas Is. (Indian Ocean); Paracel Is. (S. China Sea)

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages