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Fregata ariel

Photo by Tom Tarrant

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Pantropical with breeding colonies widely scattered. Accidental vagrant to the United States with records in Maine, Michigan, Wyoming, and California.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies.

Fregata ariel ariel Islands in Indian and Pacific oceans

Fregata ariel trinitatis Trindade I. and Martín Vaz I.; wanders to coastal Brazil

Fregata ariel iredalei Mascarene Islands; disperses to coasts of India and Somalia (1)

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[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1.Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

[edit] External Links

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