Photographer:
Neil Vaughan
Date:
Wed, 07/09/2011 (all day)
Additional Notes:
Female
Photographer:
Bob Edgar
Date:
Sun, 06/10/2013 (all day)
Location:
Bedout Island, WA
Additional Notes:
Immature
Common Name:
Lesser Frigatebird
Distribution:
Occurs over tropical and subtropical waters across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as off the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
Ecological Notes:
Prey upon fish taken in flight from the ocean's surface (often flying fish), and sometimes indulge in kleptoparasitism, harassing other birds to force them to regurgitate their food.
Additional Notes:
This species rarely swims, has difficulty walking, but can manage to scramble around the trees and shrubs in which it nests.
References:
Atlas of Living Australia at Fregata ariel Accessed 29 July 2020.
Wikipedia. "Lesser Frigatebird." Last modified 7 May 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_frigatebird