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Great Frigatebird / Fregata minor LC

  • Synonyms Greater Frigate Bird, Great Frigate Bird, Pacific Frigatebird, Great Frigata, North Pacific Man-o-war-bird, Greater Frigatebird, Great Frigate
  • Old latin name for bird Pelecanus minor, Tachypetes minor

Great Frigatebirdbird sounds *

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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, juvenile, © Oscar Campbell
    Ecuador
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    Begging call, call, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
    France
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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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    Begging call, call, © AUDEVARD Aurélien
    France
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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

Christmas Frigatebird
Ascension Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Magnificent Frigatebird

Where to see Great Frigatebird

  • Breeding region Tropical
  • Breeding subregion widespread, islands of tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, local e of e Brazil (tropical Atlantic Ocean)
  • Non breeding region pelagic, ranging throughout tropical Indian and tropical and subtropical Pacific oceans

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGrootfregatvoël, Grootfregatvoel, Groot Fregatvoël
Azerbaijaniböyük freqat quşu, böyük freqat
BelarusianВялiкi фрэгат
Bengaliফড় চিমগট঩াচি
BulgarianГоляма фрегата, Малка 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)小軍艦鳥, 黑腹軍艦鳥, 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
FrenchFrégate du Pacifique, Grande Frégate
FrisianGrutte fregatfûgel
GalicianRabiforcado grande
GermanBindenfregattvogel, Binden-Fregattvogel
GreekΤραvoφρεγάτα
Hebrewפריגט גדול, פריגט
Hungarianszalagos fregattmadár
IcelandicDílafreigáti
IndonesianBurung Cikalang Besar, Cikalang besar
IrishFrigéad mór
ItalianFregata del Pacifico, Fregata maggiore, Fregata minore
Japaneseオオグンカンドリ
Korean큰군함조
Latvianlielais fregatputns
Lithuaniandidžioji fregata
MalagasyBomomandry
MalayBurung Simbang Besar
Malayalamവലിയ കടൽക്കള്ളൻ, വലിയ കടൽകള്ളൻ
MaoriHakuwai
Mongolianтонооч шувуу
Norwegianstorfregattfugl
Norwegian NynorskStorfregattfugl
Polishfregata srednia, fregata średnia
PortugueseTesourão-grande, grapira, alcatraz, fragata, Fragata-grande, joão-grande, tesoura, tesourão, fragata-grande
RomanianFregată mare
RussianБольшой фрегат, Фрегат большой
Samoanatafa
SerbianDžinovska fregata
SlovakFregata žltopása, fregata ebenová
SlovenianVelika burnica
SpanishAve fragata grande, Rabihorcado grande, 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