Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) - HBW 1, p. 373
French: Frégate superbe
German: Prachtfregattvogel
Spanish: Rabihorcado Magnífico
Taxonomy: Fregata minor magnificens Mathews, 1914, Barrington Island, Galapagos Archipelago.
Formerly included in F. aquila and also in F. minor. Possible races magnificens (Galapagos), lowei (Cape Verde) and rothschildi (elsewhere) supposedly separable on length of wing, tail or bill; not generally accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific and Atlantic coasts of America, from Baja California to Ecuador, including Galapagos, and from Florida to S Brazil; also relict population on Cape Verde Is, off W Africa.
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A close-up of the pouch of a male Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
Several males displaying their gular sac, and a view of a juvenile Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 6 June 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a male in the nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.6 -
A close-up of a perched female on an electricity pole. Locality Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 25 July 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A downy chick in the nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A male displaying with open wings Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.5
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Adult female perched on a boat mast.
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 3 March 2005 1 year ago 4.3 -
Adult female in flight.
Locality Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 27 May 2007 25 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male and its gular balloon.
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult female in flight.
Locality Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 27 May 2007 25 weeks ago 4 -
Frontal view of juvenile with food
Locality Los Roques National Park, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 3 January 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Bird perched on harbor light.
Locality Frederiksted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
Tom Moxley 11 April 2009 1 year ago 3.8
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Male resonant calling, bill clacking at nesting colony Locality Half Moon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize
Wayne Hall 16 February 2010 2 years ago 4
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