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Fregata ariel

Photo by Tom Tarrant

Distribution

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

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)

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.

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