Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Magnificent Frigatebird*
Id (Atlas):
Fregata magnificens
Description (10 )
Magnificent Frigatebird
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Family
Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)
Size
89 - 114 cm
First Described (Guide )
Mathews, 1914
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)... )
Listen to XC92597
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens ) [XC92597 ]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Cabo de la Vela (Guajira), Colombia (call)
Listen to XC740226
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens ) [XC740226 ]
by Ricardo Jos\u00e9 Mitidieri from Half Moon Caye, Belize (begging 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
See References .
Files:
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