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[[Image:Lesser_Frigatebird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Tom+Tarrant|Tom Tarrant}}<br />Lady Elliot Island, [[Queensland]], December 2003]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Pantropical with breeding colonies widely scattered. Accidental vagrant to the [[United States]] with records in [[Maine]], [[Michigan]], [[Wyoming]], and [[California]].
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Pantropical with breeding colonies widely scattered.
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Accidental vagrant to the [[United States]] with records in [[Maine]], [[Michigan]], [[Wyoming]], and [[California]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies.
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[[Image:IMG 15015.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br />Matava Resort, Kadavu, [[Fiji]], April 2017]]
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#P|polytypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> consisting of three subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
Fregata ariel ariel Islands in Indian and Pacific oceans
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*''F. a. ariel'':
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:*Islands in [[India|Indian]] and Pacific oceans
Fregata ariel trinitatis Trindade I. and Martín Vaz I.; wanders to coastal Brazil
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*''F. a. trinitatis'':
 
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:*Trindade Island and Martín Vaz Island; wanders to coastal [[Brazil]]
Fregata ariel iredalei Mascarene Islands; disperses to coasts of India and Somalia (1)
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*''F. a. iredalei'':
 
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:*Mascarene Islands; disperses to coasts of India and [[Somalia]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Image:Lesser_Frigatebird_male_Peter.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|peterday|peterday}}<br />Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, [[Australia]], 12 November 2019]]
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2998388 Birdforum thread] discussing id of Frigatebirds
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Fregata+ariel}}
 
{{GSearch|Fregata+ariel}}
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=54&bid=660 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1174&Bird_Image_ID=3802&Bird_Family_ID=125 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Fregata]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Fregata]]

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Photo © by Tom Tarrant
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, December 2003
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

Female
Photo © by martinuk
Matava Resort, Kadavu, Fiji, April 2017

This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of three subspecies[1]:

  • F. a. ariel:
  • Islands in Indian and Pacific oceans
  • F. a. trinitatis:
  • Trindade Island and Martín Vaz Island; wanders to coastal Brazil
  • F. a. iredalei:
  • Mascarene Islands; disperses to coasts of India and Somalia

Habitat

Behaviour

References

Male
Photo © by peterday
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 2019
  1. 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/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing id of Frigatebirds

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External Links

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