Magnificent Frigatebird / Fregata magnificens LC

Synonyms Magnificent Frigate-bird, Man O'War Bird, Magnificient Frigatebird, Magnificent Frigata, Magnificent Frigate Bird, Man-o'-war-bird, Man-o-war-bird, Man-o'-War Bird, Galapagos Man-o-war-bird
Old latin name for bird Tachypetes caroliniana, Pelecanus aquilus, Fregata caroliniana, Fregata aquila

Magnificent Frigatebirdbird sounds *

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Bill clacking and vocal clicking, © Richard C. Hoyer
Ecuador
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Begging call, © Ricardo José Mitidieri
Brazil
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Flight call, © Esau Toaki Villarreal
Mexico
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Call, © Oswaldo Cortes
Colombia
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Call, © Oswaldo Cortes
Colombia

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Christmas Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

Ascension Frigatebird

Lesser Frigatebird

Where to see Magnificent Frigatebird

Breeding region Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean
Breeding subregion e Pacific Ocean (w Mexico to Ecuador), Atlantic Ocean (e Mexico and Florida to Brazil), and Cape Verde Is. (where almost extinct)
Non breeding region to coastal n Baja California, Gulf of California and s to n Peru; to n Florida and Gulf of Mexico

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Magnificent Frigatebird subspecies (2)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Fregata magnificens magnificens	Galápagos	-	No
Fregata magnificens rothschildi	Boavista (where almost extinct; ne Cape Verde Is., s Macaronesia, w of w Africa); I. Santa Margarita (w of sw Baja California), Tres Marias, Revillagigedo, and other islands off wc Mexico, Pearl Is. (sw of c Panama), and other islands off w Central America; many islands of Caribbean from s Florida and Florida Keys, including San Andrés and Providencia (far e of Nicaragua), to islands off Venezuela, the Guianas and ne, se Brazil, Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil)	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Basque	Fregata grossa
Belarusian	Цудоўны фрэгат
Bengali	যাজচ঳ক চিমগট঩াচি
Bulgarian	Голяма фрегата, Великолепна фрегата
Catalan	Fregata grossa, fregata magnífica
Chinese	阿岛军舰鸟, 华丽军舰鸟
Chinese (Traditional)	麗色軍艦鳥
Croatian	Velika fregata, veliki brzan
Czech	fregatka vznešená
Danish	Amerikansk Fregatfugl, Pragtfregatfugl
Dutch	Ascensionfregatvogel, Amerikaanse Fregatvogel
Esperanto	Grandioza fregato
Estonian	keiser-fregattlind
Finnish	Isokaappari, keisarifregattilintu, Keisarikaappari
French	Frégate magnifique, Frégate marine, Frégate superbe
Frisian	Amerikaanske fregatfûgel
Galician	Fregata grossa, Rabiforcado, Rabiforcado magnífico
German	Prachtfregattvogel
Greek	Λαμπρoφρεγάτα, Μεγάλη Φρεγάτα
Hebrew	פריגט הדור, פריגט נהדר
Hungarian	pompás fregattmadár
Icelandic	Freigátufugl
Irish	Frigéad niamhrach
Italian	Fregata magnifica
Japanese	アメリカグンカンドリ
Latvian	greznais fregatputns
Lithuanian	puošnioji fregata
Macedonian	Величенствена фрегата
Manx	Frigaid mooaralagh
Northern Sami	Fregáhttaloddi
Norwegian	praktfregattfugl, Ascensionfregattfugl
Norwegian Nynorsk	Praktfregattfugl
Polish	fregata wielka
Portuguese	Rabiforcado, grapira, alcatraz, tesoureiro, fragata, João-grande, tesourão-magnífico, tesoura, Fragata-comum, Fragata-magnífica, tesourão, Rabo-forcado, Catraia, fragata-magnífica, Tesourão / Rabiforcado
Romanian	Fregată magnifică
Russian	Вознесенский фрегат, Великолепный фрегат
Serbian	Velika fregata
Slovak	fregata vznešená, fregata orlia
Slovenian	lepa bumica, lepa burnica, Velika burnica
Spanish	Fragata, Fragata Tijereta, Fragata o tijerilla, Ave fragata, Rabihorcado, Tijerilla, Rabijunco, Tijereta, Rabihorcado grande, Rabihorcado magnífico, Fregata magnifica, Rabihorcado Magno, Rabihorcado Magníf, Fragata Magnífica
Swedish	praktfregattfågel, Ascensionfregattfågel
Turkish	Muhteşem Fregatkuşu, Görkemli fregatkuşu, büyük fregat kuşu, Büyük Fregatkuşu
Ukrainian	фрегат карибський
Welsh	Aderyn ffrigad gwych