Pink-billed Frigatebird - Upper Texas Coast 2008 Photo Gallery by Mark B Bartosik at pbase.com

Pink-billed Frigatebird - Upper Texas Coast 2008

A Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata arid) in Texas?: a first for the state and fifth for North America? or Pink-billed Magnificent Frigatebird?

History of former Lesser Frigatebird records in North America:

Snyder, D. E. 1961. First Record of the Least Frigatebird (Fregata arid) in North America. Auk 78: 265.

Adult male Lesser Frigatebird, 3 Jul 1960, Deer Isle, Hancock County, ME

Faulkner, D. 2006. Reassessment of a frigatebird record for Wyoming: Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata arid). North American Birds 60: 328-330.

Adult female Lesser Frigatebird, 11 July 2003, Basin, Big Horn County, WY

Brennan, C. and J. Schultz. 2006. A second North American record for Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata arid). North American Birds 60: 164-165.

Adult male Lesser Frigatebird, 11 Sep 2005, Lake Erie Metropark, MI

Sullivan, B. L., M. J. Iliff, P. L. Ralf and S. T. Kelling. 2007. A Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata arid) in California: a first for the state and fourth for North America. North American Birds 61: 540-547.

Immature female Lesser Frigatebird, Lanphere Dunes, 15 July 2007, Humboldt County, CA

Helpful references:

James, D. J. 2004. Identification of Christmas Island, Great and Lesser Frigatebirds. Birding Asia 1: 22-38.

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