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- Fregata ariel
[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
Female
Photo by
martinukMatava Resort, Kadavu,
Fiji, April 2017
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of three subspecies[1]:
- Islands in Indian and Pacific oceans
- Trindade Island and MartÃn Vaz Island; wanders to coastal Brazil
- Mascarene Islands; disperses to coasts of India and Somalia
[edit] Habitat
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birdforum thread discussing id of Frigatebirds
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