Magnificent Frigatebird

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Ubatuba Florianopolis Brazil

Bird name: Magnificent Frigatebird
Latin: Fregata magnificens
Other: Tesourão (Br) • Fragata magnífica (Es)
Family: Fregatidae • Frigatebirds

The Magnificent Frigatebirds I saw often seemed to accompany other birds - stealing fish from Brown Boobies in Santa Catarina, or soaring on thermals with Black Vultures in Ubatuba.





Below, large numbers of magnificent frigatebirds fishing with pelicans, cormorants and other sea birds off the coast of Panama City. Juveniles have white heads.

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Costa del Este, Panama, 9 May 2010