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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Male displaying at nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands
Pascal Vagner 18 May 2012 27 weeks ago 44 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of the pouch of a male Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a male in the nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 5 years ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A perched male with its pouch inflated Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A downy chick in the nest Locality North Seymour, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 4.7 -
A group of birds attacking a Red-billed Tropicbird Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.6
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A male at nesting ground
Locality Isla Contoy, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Guy Poisson 31 December 2012 22 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult female perched on a boat mast.
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 3 March 2005 2 years ago 4.4 -
For the photograh
Locality Isla Contoy, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Guy Poisson 31 December 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A nesting male, got in Genovesa Island, perhaps sleeping on his balloon
Locality Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
raniero massoli-novelli 22 May 2005 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
a Bird in flight
Locality Dominica
Gerhard.Tauscher 1 May 2013 6 weeks ago 4.3 -
a Bird in flight
Locality Dominica
Gerhard.Tauscher 1 May 2013 6 weeks ago 4.3
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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 3 years ago 4
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