Magnificent frigatebird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the magnificent frigatebird lives – recorded in 46 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Fregata magnificens
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	46 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	88 g (birth weight)
Diet (main food)	fish, jellyfish, Teuthida
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Fregatidae

Where does the magnificent frigatebird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the magnificent frigatebird in 46 countries and territories across North America 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 magnificent frigatebird?

Wikidata records the following for the magnificent frigatebird: mass 88 g (birth weight).

What does a magnificent frigatebird eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the magnificent frigatebird as: fish, jellyfish, Teuthida.

Is the magnificent frigatebird endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the magnificent frigatebird?

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

About the magnificent frigatebird

The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), frigate petrel or man o' war is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae. With a length of 89–114 centimetres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 9 in) and wingspan of 2.17–2.44 m (7 ft 1 in – 8 ft 0 in), it is the largest species of frigatebird. It occurs over tropical and subtropical waters off America, between northern Mexico and Peru on the Pacific coast and between Florida and southern Brazil along the Atlantic coast. There are also populations on the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific and the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic. It is one of the fastest birds in the world, flying at speeds of up to 153 kilometres (95 mi) per hour.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Magnificent frigatebird (revision 1371438800), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q647512 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).