Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) - HBW 1, p. 373
French: Frégate du Pacifique
German: Bindenfregattvogel
Spanish: Rabihorcado Grande
Other common names: Pacific/Lesser (!) Frigatebird
Taxonomy: Pelecanus minor Gmelin, 1789, Christmas Island, E Indian Ocean.
Formerly included in F. aquila. Five subspecies normally recognized, though validity doubtful.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aldabrensis Mathews, 1914 - W Indian Ocean.
- minor (Gmelin, 1789) - E Indian and SW Pacific Oceans.
- palmerstoni (Gmelin, 1789) - W & C Pacific.
- aldabrensis Mathews, 1914 - W Indian Ocean.
- minor (Gmelin, 1789) - E Indian and SW Pacific Oceans.
- palmerstoni (Gmelin, 1789) - W & C Pacific.
- ridgwayi Mathews, 1914 - E Pacific.
- nicolli Mathews, 1914 - S Atlantic.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds at their nest site Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Peter van Dam 6 June 2005 5 years ago 56 sec 4.9 -
A male and its chick in the nest, both preening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 19 sec 4.9 -
A male displaying and sunning Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 September 2008 5 years ago 22 sec 4.8 -
Several views at colony Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands
Pascal Vagner 12 May 2012 27 weeks ago 50 sec 4.8 -
A female preening and panting Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 30 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 5 years ago 30 sec 4.7
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Great Frigatebird chasing a Brown Booby
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (ssp palmerstoni)
Dani Valverde 17 April 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
Two females chasing a Masked Booby
Locality Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 24 November 2011 42 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male Great Frigatebird with gular sac inflated
Locality Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati
srchester 1 March 1985 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male displaying
Locality Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 2 June 2012 42 weeks ago 4 -
Male displaying
Locality Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Julien Baudat-Franceschi 2 June 2012 42 weeks ago 3.7 -
A nesting pair
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 2 years ago 3.7
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Juvenile begging calls in a breeding colony. Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands
(ssp ridgwayi)
Claus Fischer 13 April 2010 3 years ago 3
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