Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificensMathews, GM, 1914
English (US) Magnificent Frigatebird
The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) in the order Suliformes.
Range: breeds Cape Verde Islands (where almost extirpated), islands from southern Baja California (northwestern Mexico) to Ecuador including Galapagos, and eastern Mexico and far southern Florida through Caribbean to northeastern Brazil; ranges to coastal northern Baja California, Gulf of California, and southward to northern Peru, and to northern Florida and Gulf of MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fregata magnificens
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1914
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fregata minor magnificens
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1914
- Type locality
- Barrington, Indefatigable, and Albemarle Islands, Galapagos Archipelago. Type from Barrington Island.
- Original description
- The Austral Avian Record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna 2 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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