Great frigatebird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great frigatebird lives – recorded in 28 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Fregata minor
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	28 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	74 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Fregatidae

Where does the great frigatebird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great frigatebird in 28 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great frigatebird?

Wikidata records the following for the great frigatebird: mass 74 g (birth weight).

Is the great frigatebird endangered?

The great frigatebird’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great frigatebird?

The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Fregatidae, genus Fregata. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great frigatebird

The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family. There are major nesting populations in the tropical Pacific Ocean, such as Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands; in the Indian Ocean, colonies can be found in the Seychelles (on Aldabra and Aride Islands) and Mauritius, and there is a tiny population in the South Atlantic, mostly on and around St. Helena and Boatswain Bird Island (Ascension Island).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great frigatebird (revision 1367455370), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q648494 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).