Detail View: Image Archives: Male Great Frigatebird with inflated pouch

File Name: 
0095-1364.jpg
catalog number: 
0095-1364.N
collection: 
Birds
title: 
Male Great Frigatebird with inflated pouch
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey; Ed N. Harrison; R.J. Niedrach
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Male Great Frigatebird with inflated pouch photographed on San Benedicto Island (Isla San Benedicto) of the Revillagigedo Island group off Baja peninsula's Pacific coast during the cruise of the Kinkajou. The male's scapular feathers have a purple-green sheen and in breeding season, the male is able to distend its striking red gular sac.
date: 
4/20/1940
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
Mexico, San Benedicto Island
modified: 
yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.75 MB
source: 
3.25 x 4.5 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 640X at 1000 dpi
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science