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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-three: Impressions of the Galapagos – an extended photo-essay > A frigates plumage, Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012
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01-JUL-2012

A frigates plumage, Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012

I thought this Great Frigatebird looked dashing in his black, brown, red, and green plumage. The deflated scarlet throat pouch draws the eye first. The greenish plumage on its back differentiates the Great Frigatebird from the slightly smaller Magnificent Frigatebird, which has purple feathers on its back. This bird was preening, and I caught it with its long hooked beak hidden behind its shoulder feathers -- it reminded me of a bullfighter with face buried in his cape.

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