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Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

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 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

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.

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*	*HRBP 6327. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel). Laysan I, 1 Jan 2012. © Cameron Rutt*

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.