Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
(L 39" WS 85")
Tarcol Lodge
05Jan2008
Juvenile
Female feeds the young for a year while the
male leaves after 3 mos...to breed again...has
the largest wing area to body wt. of any bird.
male leaves after 3 mos...to breed again...has
the largest wing area to body wt. of any bird.
© Audubon
Society
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Fregata is a French mariners name
for the swift (warships).
for the swift (warships).
© Wikipedia
Everything about a Frigatebird is long, as
though someone had stretched a normal
seabird well past any common-sense
proportions.(Scott Weidensaul)
though someone had stretched a normal
seabird well past any common-sense
proportions.(Scott Weidensaul)