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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large bird with a striking red throat pouch that it inflates to attract mates. These birds are excellent flyers and can soar high in the sky for hours without flapping their wings!

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large, mostly black seabird with extremely long, pointed wings and a deeply forked tail. Males are identifiable by their bright, inflatable red gular pouch; females have a white chest and belly.

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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Magnificent Frigatebird

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Frigatebirds can sleep for short bursts while soaring high in the air!

Their chicks take many months, sometimes over half a year, to fledge!

They are also known as 'Man-o'-War' birds, due to their piratical habits!

With weak legs, they can barely walk, making them clumsy on land!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Magnificent Frigatebird can snatch prey from the water's surface or mid-air because of its incredible agility and precise flight.

Fähigkeit

Soaring Master

Magnificent Frigatebird can stay aloft for days, using its vast wings to ride thermals and wind currents with minimal effort.

Fähigkeit

Inflation Display

Magnificent Frigatebird males have an inflatable red throat pouch that helps them attract mates with a striking visual display.

Fähigkeit

Food Snatcher

Magnificent Frigatebird can steal food from other seabirds in flight because of its speed and aerial dominance.

Maße und Details

Länge
89-114 cm
Flügelspannweite
217-244 cm
Gewicht
1.1-1.6 kg
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Jahre
Top Speed
153 km/h
Gelegegröße
1
Brutzeit
50-60 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These agile hunters mostly eat flying fish and squid, sometimes even stealing meals from other birds!

Hauptnahrung

  • flying fish
  • squid
  • crustaceans
  • jellyfish
  • small turtles

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

harasses to steal freshly caught fish in mid-air.

eats

Common Flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

snatches from the water surface or while they are airborne.

eats

Striped Mullet

Mugil cephalus

catches these fish that swim near the ocean's surface.

eats

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

occasionally preys on eggs and chicks from island colonies.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Watch from a distance and don't disturb their nests, as they are wild birds.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Magnificent Frigatebird?

89-114 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Magnificent Frigatebird?

217-244 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Magnificent Frigatebird?

1.1-1.6 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Magnificent Frigatebird?

15-30 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Magnificent Frigatebird?

153 km/h

Was frisst Magnificent Frigatebird?

These agile hunters mostly eat flying fish and squid, sometimes even stealing meals from other birds!

Wo findet man Magnificent Frigatebird normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Magnificent Frigatebird?

Pursuit

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