C IUCN · LC · Least Concern Suliformes Fregatidae

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

CIOC 2545

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

Suliformes · Fregatidae

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor).

ATK112

DEF98

2480 / 11068

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Illustration · not to scale

Body length: 105 cm
Body Mass: 1.27 kg
Wingspan: 218 cm
Diet: Aquatic prey
Migration: Migratory

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ATK 112

Dagger-like or spear bill specialized for precision thrusts and instantaneous underwater strike acceleration (ATK 112).

DEF 98

Tightly preened water-repellent oiled plumage resisting freezing currents and dive water resistance (DEF 98).

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How to identify

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Similar species

Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.

Calls & songs

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🌍 Range & Habitat

Distribution: TrO: widespread & islands of tropical Indian and Pacific oceans & local Eastern of Eastern Brazil (tropical Atlantic Ocean) Habitat: Marine & Coastal

5 · Subspecies & regional ranges

Fregata minor nicolli
sw South Atlantic Ocean islands: Trindade and Martim Vaz (e of e Brazil)
Fregata minor aldabrensis
sw tropical South Indian Ocean islands: Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra and Cosmoledo (Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), St. Brandon (n of Mascarenes)
Fregata minor minor
Chagos 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)
Fregata minor palmerstoni
w, 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)
Fregata minor ridgwayi
subtropical 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)

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