A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) in California: a first for the state and fourth for North America

Brain L Sullivan; Marshall J. Iliff; Peter L. Ralph; C. John Ralph; Steven T. Kelling

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A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) in California: a first for the state and fourth for North America

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Authors:

Brain L Sullivan, Marshall J. Iliff, Peter L. Ralph, C. John Ralph, Steven T. Kelling

Year:

2007

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

North American Birds 61(4):540-545

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Abstract

This paper summarizes the occurrence and identification of California's first Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), a subadult female photographed on 15 July 2007 at Lanphere Dunes near Arcata, Humboldt Country. This record is the fourth of this species for North America and the first in the eastern Pacific Ocean of the Western Hemisphere.

Citation

Sullivan, Brain L; Iliff, Marshall J.; Ralph, Peter L.; Ralph, C. J.; Kelling, Steven T. 2007. A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) in California: a first for the state and fourth for North America. North American Birds 61(4):540-545