Pacific Southwest

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

Author: Sullivan, Brain L; Iliff, Marshall J.; Ralph, Peter L.; Ralph, C. J.; Kelling, Steven T.

Date: 2007

Source: North American Birds 61(4):540-545

Description: This paper summarizes the occurrence and identification of CaliforniaÂ’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.

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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.