Magnificent Frigatebird
Introduction
A large, acrobatic, black seabird that breeds on tropical islands in the Atlantic (and Pacific) Ocean and is an extremely rare visitor to Britain, typically in the wake of hurricanes.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Pelecaniformes
- Family: Fregatidae
- Scientific name: Fregata magnificens
- Authority: Mathews, 1914
- BTO 5-letter code: MAGFR
- Euring code number: 930
Alternate species names
- Catalan: fregata magnífica
- Czech: fregatka vznešená
- Danish: Pragtfregatfugl
- Dutch: Amerikaanse Fregatvogel
- Estonian: keiser-fregattlind
- Finnish: keisarifregattilintu
- French: Frégate superbe
- German: Prachtfregattvogel
- Hungarian: pompás fregattmadár
- Icelandic: Freigátufugl
- Italian: Fregata magnifica
- Latvian: greznais fregatputns
- Lithuanian: puošnioji fregata
- Norwegian: Praktfregattfugl
- Polish: fregata wielka
- Portuguese: tesourão / rabiforcado
- Slovak: fregata vznešená
- Slovenian: lepa bumica
- Spanish: Rabihorcado magnífico
- Swedish: praktfregattfågel
- English folkname(s): Man O'War Bird
More Evidence
More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com
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