Berkshire Eagle

Getting a closer look at magnificent frigatebirds in flight

It was my birthday, Feb. 22, 2011, and I was in the Bahamas with my beautiful wife, Susan, relaxing on beach chairs on Great Stirrup Cay, a small coral island. This was as far south as I had been ...
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Smithsonian Researchers Find Unexpected Genetic Differences between Magnificent Frigatebirds in the Galapagos Islands and on the Mainland

Although the magnificent frigatebird may be the least likely animal on the Galapagos Islands to be unique to the area, it turns out the Galapagos population of this tropical seabird may be its own ...
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Genetic surprise: Magnificent frigatebird living on Galapagos Islands is distinct species

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute conducted three different kinds of genetics tests and all yielded the same ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Speaking of Nature: ‘Frigate’ about the rest: Why this soaring Caribbean icon was worth the wait

Another black bird whose feathers shine with iridescence in the right light, this adult male magnificent frigatebird really lived up to his name. BILL DANIELSON / For the Gazette Sign up for the ...