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 male displaying and sunning Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 September 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 4.8 -
A male and its chick in the nest, both preening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 4 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
An immature flying to perch on a tree Locality Midway, Hawaiian Islands (ssp palmerstoni)
Bill Scholtz 4 November 2001 9 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
A group of birds at their nest site Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Peter van Dam 6 June 2005 4 years ago 56 sec 4.6 -
A female preening its breast near its chick, in the nest Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi )
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A female preening and panting Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp ridgwayi)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4.5
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Great Frigatebird chasing a Brown Booby
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (ssp palmerstoni)
Dani Valverde 17 April 2009 1 year ago 4.6 -
Flying
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (ssp palmerstoni)
Dani Valverde 15 April 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Female in flight
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands (ssp palmerstoni)
Aleix Comas 21 July 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
A bird in flight close to a Lesser Frigatebird.
Locality Spiny Forest, Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (ssp aldabrensis)
Joe Tobias 2 August 2000 25 weeks ago 2.8
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Juvenile begging calls in a breeding colony. Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands
(ssp ridgwayi)
Claus Fischer 13 April 2010 1 year ago 3
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