Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda (B), Brazil, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands (B), Uruguay (NB), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Argentina, Denmark, France, Gambia, Mauritania, Portugal, Spain.

Unknown to Canada.

Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) [XC889966]
by Paul Driver from Seymour Norte, Galapagos, Ecuador (call)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) [XC92598]
by Bobby Wilcox from Cabo de la Vela (Guajira), Colombia (call)

Nest
An untidy platform of sticks, feathers and other debris, located on top of a low bush or in trees, or on the ground when vegetation is absent. In colonies close to nests of other breeding seabirds.

Eggs (Guide)
1; white; ellipsoidal.

Subspecies
Possible subspecies (not yet accepted) are magnificens (Galapagos), lowei (Cape Verde) and rothschildi (elsewhere) supposedly separable on length of wing, tail or bill.

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) - 10 files

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