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Common Name

Magnificent Frigatebird

Alternate Names

Common Type

Frigatebird

Order

Suliformes

Family

Fregatidae

Genus

Fregata

Species

magnificens

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

DR

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Coastal areas breeding in trees near the ocean

Distribution and Range

Coastal areas of southern North America and northern South America

Food

Fish taken in flight from the ocean surface also will indulge in kleptoparasitism.

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Field Notes:

The male is known to blow up a large red Gula sack under its bill during breeding season. Observed and noted by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage when passing Cape Verde Islands.

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