Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)

HRBP 5100. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). USNM 497833, collected on Green Island, Kure Atoll, 25 May 1967. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 5101. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). USNM 497833, collected on Green Island, Kure Atoll, 25 May 1967. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0253. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 27 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0254. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 27 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0255. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 27 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0589. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 27 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0590. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 4 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1396. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), below, with Great Frigatebird. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 4 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0483. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0484. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0485. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0486. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0487. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0488. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0489. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), center, with Great Frigatebirds. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 2 Apr 1985. © Bill Muench
HRBP 0833. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 22 Jan 1989. © Jennifer Megyesi
HRBP 0871. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 14 May 1989. © Craig Rowland
HRBP 0872. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 14 May 1989. © Craig Rowland
HRBP 5702. Nesting pair of Lesser Frigatebirds (Fregata ariel), left, with Great Frigatebird. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 27 May 1998. © Don Dearborn
HRBP 5703. Nesting pair of Lesser Frigatebirds (Fregata ariel), left, with Great Frigatebird. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 27 May 1998. © Don Dearborn
HRBP 5702. Nesting pair of Lesser Frigatebirds (Fregata ariel), left-center, with Great Frigatebirds. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 27 May 1998. © Don Dearborn
HRBP 5933. Lesser Frigatebirds (Fregata ariel). French Frigate Shoals, Oct 2007. © USFWS HRBP 5934. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). French Frigate Shoals, Oct 2007. © USFWS HRBP 5935. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). French Frigate Shoals, Oct 2007. © USFWS
   
HRBP 5909. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Kure Atoll, 14 Jul 2008. © Cynthia Vanderlip HRBP 5910. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Kure Atoll, 14 Jul 2008. © Cynthia Vanderlip    
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.