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Great Frigatebird / Fregata minor

Great Frigatebird bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsGreat Frigate Bird, Pacific Frigatebird, Great Frigate, Greater Frigatebird, North Pacific Man-o-war-bird, Great Frigata, Greater Frigate Bird
Old latin name for birdTachypetes minor, Pelecanus minor
OrderGannets and relatives / Suliformes
FamilyFrigatebirds / Fregatidae
GenusFregata
Breeding regionTropical
Breeding subregionwidespread, islands of tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, local e of e Brazil (tropical Atlantic Ocean)
Non breeding regionpelagic, ranging throughout tropical Indian and tropical and subtropical Pacific oceans

Great Frigatebird bird sounds *

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    Call, juvenile, © Oscar Campbell
    Ecuador
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
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    Call, female, flight call, male, © david m
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Magnificent Frigatebird
Christmas Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Ascension Frigatebird

Where to see Great Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Fregata minor aldabrensissw tropical South Indian Ocean islands: Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra and Cosmoledo (Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), St. Brandon (n of Mascarenes)-No
Fregata minor minorChagos Arch. (nc Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) Is. (ec Indian Ocean), Christmas I. (s of w Java), Flores and Banda Sea is. (sc, se Indonesian Arch.), Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia), islands off nw WA and Gulf of Carpentaria (nc Australia)-No
Fregata minor nicollisw South Atlantic Ocean islands: Trindade and Martim Vaz (e of e Brazil)-No
Fregata minor palmerstoniw, c tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean islands: from Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea is. (ne Australia) and Tench I. (St. Matthias group, nc Bismarck Arch.), Chesterfield Is. (w of New Caledonia), Walpole I. (e of New Caledonia), Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia), Marshall Is. and Fiji (sw Polynesia) to Hawaiian Is. (mostly Northwestern group) and Pitcairn group (e Polynesia)-No
Fregata minor ridgwayisubtropical to tropical e Pacific islands: Revillagigedo (w of c Mexico), del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), Wolf and Darwin (=Wenman and Culpepper, nw Galápagos), Genovesa (ne Galápagos) and several other small islands of Galápagos, La Plata and Santa Clara (coastal islands of wc, sw Ecuador) and Salas y Gomez and (race?) Rapa Nui (=Easter/Eastern Is. group, se Polynesia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGrootfregatvoël, Groot Fregatvoël, Grootfregatvoel
Azerbaijaniböyük freqat quşu, böyük freqat
BelarusianВялiкi фрэгат
Bengaliফড় চিমগট঩াচি
BulgarianМалка фрегата, Голяма фрегата
Catalanfregata gran
Chinese軍艦鳥, 黑腹军舰鸟, 大军舰鸟, 小軍艦鳥, 小军舰鸟
Chinese (Traditional)黑腹軍艦鳥, 軍艦鳥, 小軍艦鳥, 大軍艦鳥〔黑腹軍艦鳥〕
Chuvashпысăк фрегат
Croatiansmeđokrili brzan
Czechfregatka obecná
DanishStor Fregatfugl
DutchGrote Fregatvogel
EsperantoGranda fregato, nigraflugila fregato
Estoniankuning-fregattlind
Finnishkuningasfregattilintu, Kaappari
FrenchGrande Frégate, Frégate du Pacifique
FrisianGrutte fregatfûgel
GalicianRabiforcado grande
GermanBindenfregattvogel, Binden-Fregattvogel
GreekΤραvoφρεγάτα
Hebrewפריגט, פריגט גדול
Hungarianszalagos fregattmadár
IcelandicDílafreigáti
IndonesianCikalang besar, Burung Cikalang Besar
IrishFrigéad mór
ItalianFregata maggiore, Fregata del Pacifico, Fregata minore
Japaneseオオグンカンドリ
Korean큰군함조
Latvianlielais fregatputns
Lithuaniandidžioji fregata
MalagasyBomomandry
MalayBurung Simbang Besar
Malayalamവലിയ കടൽകള്ളൻ, വലിയ കടൽക്കള്ളൻ
MaoriHakuwai
Mongolianтонооч шувуу
NorwegianStorfregattfugl, storfregattfugl
Norwegian NynorskStorfregattfugl
Polishfregata srednia, fregata średnia
Portuguesejoão-grande, grapira, tesourão, Fragata-grande, fragata-grande, fragata, alcatraz, rabiforcado-grande, tesourão-grande, tesoura
RomanianFregată mare
RussianБольшой фрегат, Фрегат большой
Samoanatafa
SerbianDžinovska fregata
SlovakFregata žltopása, fregata ebenová
SlovenianVelika burnica
SpanishRabihorcado grande, Fragata Grande, Ave fragata grande, Fregata Pelágica, Fragata Pelágica, Fragata Alibandeada
SwahiliMnandi-pwani
Swedishstörre fregattfågel
Tahitianotaha
Thaiนกโจรสลัดใหญ่
TurkishBüyük Fregatkuşu
Ukrainianфрегат тихоокеанський
VietnameseChim Cốc biển đen, Cốc biển đen
WelshAderyn ffrigad mawr