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- Fregata ariel
Identification
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)
Habitat
Behaviour
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.
