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	First ever magnificent frigatebird settles in Museum - Natural History Museum
		Frigatebirds, also known as Man-o-War birds, are strictly pelagic, inhabiting tropical seas, and they are unable to swim or even walk on land.
		Frigatebirds are some of the most exciting birds to see alive.
		The Museum specimen, an adult male magnificent frigatebird, was identified by its glossy all-dark plumage and by measurements, clearly separating it from the very similar ascension frigatebird Fregata aquila.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2006/july/news_8883.html (556 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Frigatebird
		Frigatebirds are large, with iridescent fl feathers (the females have a white underbelly), with long wings (male wingspan can reach 2.3 metres) and deeply-forked tails.
		As members of Pelecaniformes, frigatebirds have the key characteristics of all four toes being connected by the web, a gular sac (also called gular skin), and a furcula that is fused to the breastbone.
		Frigatebirds often rob other seabirds such boobies, tropicbirds, and shearwaters of their catch, using their speed and manoeuvrability to outrun and harass their victims until they regurgitate their stomach contents.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Frigatebird (534 words)

	Frigate Birds
		Of the two, the great frigatebird has the greater world-wide distribution, being found primarily throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, while the magnificent frigatebird is found in the Caribbean and on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.
		The Galapagos population of magnificent frigatebirds is considered to be an endemic subspecies.
		As members of pelecaniformes, frigatebirds have the key characteristics of all four toes being connected by the web, a gular sac, and a furcula that is fused to the breastbone.
	www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Frigatebirds.html (891 words)

	NatureWorks - Magnificent Frigatebird
		The magnificent frigatebird is a large fl bird.
		During breeding season, the magnificent frigatebird can be found in coastal Florida and in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
		The female frigatebird lays one egg in a nest built of sticks, usually in a clump of mangrove.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/magnificentfrigate.htm (304 words)

	All About Birds: Magnificent Frigatebird
		Frigatebirds are the only seabirds where the male and female look strikingly different.
		The breeding period of the Magnificent Frigatebird is exceptionally long and young fledglings are often still being fed by the female at one year of age.
		The male Magnificent Frigatebird abandons its mate and half-grown chick and leaves the breeding colony, presumably to molt and return for another breeding attempt with a different mate.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Magnificent_Frigatebird.html (270 words)

	Digimorph - Fregata magnificens (Magnificent Frigatebird)
		Magnificent frigatebirds are 89 cm to 114 cm in length with an average wingspan between 217cm and 224 cm (Diamond and Schreiber, 2002).
		During the non-breeding season, the magnificent frigatebird is found as far north as Alaska and as far east as the western coasts of Europe and Africa.
		The breeding range of the Magnificent frigatebird is throughout the Caribbean islands and the tropical areas of the east and west coasts of Central and South America.
	www.digimorph.org /specimens/Fregata_magnificens (615 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Nature
		The frigatebird or "man of war" bird is famous for being a bully.
		Frigatebirds - there are five species recognized worldwide - have the longest and thinnest wings, proportionately, in the bird world.
		The lone frigatebird contentedly hanging motionless in the stiff easterly wind seemingly anchored in the sky.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/nature/?document=20020913_frigatebird (626 words)

	Digimorph - Fregata magnificens (Magnificent Frigatebird)
		Magnificent frigatebirds are 89 cm to 114 cm in length with an average wingspan between 217cm and 224 cm (Diamond and Schreiber, 2002).
		During the non-breeding season, the magnificent frigatebird is found as far north as Alaska and as far east as the western coasts of Europe and Africa.
		The breeding range of the Magnificent frigatebird is throughout the Caribbean islands and the tropical areas of the east and west coasts of Central and South America.
	digimorph.org /specimens/Fregata_magnificens (615 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large, lightly built seabird that occurs regularly along Florida's coasts (severe storms may drive it inland).
		The Magnificent Frigatebird is common in summer and rare to uncommon in winter along the peninsular coasts and in the Keys.
		However, Magnificent Frigatebird nesting in Florida was not confirmed until 1969, when a colony of approximately 100 pairs was located at the Marquesas Keys west of Key West (Ogden 1969).
	myfwc.com /bba/mafr.htm (453 words)

	Frigatebird Seychelles The Ultimate Flying Machine
		Frigatebirds are maestros of the air and while most birds can fly, they have developed flight to a new art.
		Frigatebirds are capable of travelling the most enormous distances.
		Tagged frigatebirds have travelled nearly 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles) from their nesting site to pay a visit to other popular roosts, yet it seems they return home to breed, and there is a very strong genetic identity between colonies.
	www.cerf-resort.com /frigatebirdseychelles.html (1683 words)

	Jungle Photos Galapagos Birds seabirds - frigatebird natural history
		Sorry we are still researching frigatebird natural history.
		Frigatebirds are large birds, with their narrow pointed wings measuring up to 7.5 feet across, the largest wingspan relative to weight of any bird.
		The males are difficult to tell apart, but the females are easier because of differences in the patch of feathers on the throat.
	www.junglephotos.com /galapagos/gbirds/seabirds/frigatebirdnathist.shtml (193 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		he male magnificent frigatebird has a particularly large and splendid throat pouch, and the species has the greatest wing area, relative to body size, of any bird.
		Frigatebirds supplement their diet by stealing fish from other birds.
		Having spotted a booby or other seabird returning to land, the frigate gives chase and forces its quarry to regurgitate its catch, which it then grabs in midair.
	www.mbgnet.net /salt/sandy/animals/frigate.html (164 words)

	Leila Ehsani
		Great frigatebirds are sexually dimorphic—the male possesses a magnificent red gular sac that inflates during courtship, which the female lacks.
		First, the Great frigatebird is a “socially and genetically monogamous seabird” (Dearborn and Ryan 2002: 307), whereas sexual dimorphism more often occurs in polygamous birds whose breeding success with multiple mates depends on elaborate secondary sexual traits.
		The nature and behavior of Great frigatebirds is truly unique—the anomalous evolution of sexual dimorphism in these birds, as well as their distinct foraging techniques such as piracy, set them apart from other typical pelagic seabirds.
	www.stanford.edu /class/anthsci10sc/2003_galapagos_website/WebPapers/Leila.htm (2856 words)

	Frigatebird
		What impresses me the most about the frigatebird, and immediately draws my attention upward is the immense size of the bird.
		A frigatebird resembles a giant-sized swallow; once you’ve seen it, you’ll always be able to identify one.
		tropics • frigatebird • magnificent • frigatebird • frigatidae
	www.suite101.com /reference/frigatebird (110 words)

	netcyclo: Great Frigatebird
		Great frigatebirds have a deeply forked tail and a long, pale blue/grey to flish hooked bill.
		Frigatebirds often supplement their diet by this type of harassment.
		The females do not breed every year because it takes a year and a half to raise a chick, although males are believed to breed every year (with a second female).
	www.netcyclo.com /science/biology/life/eukaryot/animalae/metazoa/bilateri/deuteros/chordata/vertebra/gnathost/aves/pelecani/fregatid/ffregata/freminor/fmpalmer/fmpalmer.htm (311 words)

	Christmas frigatebird - Fregata andrewsi: More Information - ARKive
		The Christmas frigatebird is a very large, mostly fl seabird with a glossy green sheen to feathers of the head and back (5).
		The Christmas frigatebird is confined to a few breeding colonies on a single island and this, together with their low reproductive rate (5), makes the population alarmingly vulnerable to any chance event.
		Christmas frigatebirds are also protected outside of the park and by Migratory Bird Agreements between Australia and other countries (5).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Fregata_andrewsi/more_info.html (652 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Fregatidae - Magnificient Frigatebird (Fregata ...
		However the tail of the coromorant is short and stubby, not elongate and forked.
		Frigatebirds will also still steal chicks from other species of ocean island breeding sea birds.
		The nest is comprised of a weak accumulation of sticks usually built in the limbs of mangroves.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/pelican/Fmagni.htm (278 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird - Birding Identifications
		Many birders visit the Dry Tortugas in Florida for the migration spectacle, but the breeding birds are quite impressive as well.
		There are large colonies of Sooty Terns and the spectacular Magnificent Frigatebird is frequently seen hanging motionless in the air above Fort Jefferson.
		Frigatebirds are the ultimate gliders among birds, able to hang in the air for hours with hardly a movement of their long, angular wings.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /peterson/resources/identifications/mafr/index.shtml (499 words)

	Birds Korea - Lesser Frigatebird
		This frigatebird was digi-scoped by Juergen Steudtner from Socheong Island in the Yellow Sea on August 9th.
		Watched on and off for two hours in the evening with Thomas Heinicke, initial identification was made as Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel, a species recorded several times previously in South Korea.
		Following correspondence between Juergen and David James (author of an identification paper on Frigatebirds in the latest OBC Bulletin) identification has now been established as a juvenile Lesser.
	www.birdskorea.org /frigate2004.asp (0 words)

	Birds of Christmas Island
		This large fl bird is widely distributed in the tropics and is easily identified as a frigatebird by the angular wings and deeply forked tail.
		Frigatebirds feed by harassing boobies and other seabirds with fish, forcing them to drop their catch.
		Slightly larger than the Greater Frigatebird with a length up to 100cm and distinguishable by the white collar of the female and white belly of the male.
	www.christmas.net.au /parks/birds/birds_of_christmas_island.htm (970 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large bird (35 inches, 90-inch wingspan) and a wonderful glider.
		The adult male is all fl with a red throat sac that is inflated during courtship.
		Otherwise it is found in North America from the Carolina coast to Florida and westward to Texas and along the California coast.
	aviary.owls.com /frigatebird/frigatebird.html (146 words)

	Bird Watcher's General Store
		I know saying "frigatebird" sounds more like an expression people yell out the car window after being cut off at a rotary, but it is a real bird.
		Frigatebirds have these silly little feet and legs that are not powerful enough to help it take off from water.
		Most of the time frigatebirds are found in the Caribbean, with visits to Florida and the Gulf coast.
	www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com /frigate.htm (622 words)

	Galapagos Birds, Galapagos Blue Footed Boobies, Frigatebird, Cormorants - Destination: Ecuador
		The magnificent frigatebird is often seen by visitors on Galapagos tours as being the biggest scoundrels because they don't like to catch fish themselves; preferring to steal the fish caught by smaller birds!
		To be fair to the magnificent frigatebird, however, due to its large wing-span this bird is unable submerge itself in the water to catch fish - so it kind of has to steal the fish off smaller birds.
		The best time of year to see magnificent frigatebirds is during March-April, as this is the peak of their mating period.
	www.destination360.com /south-america/ecuador/galapagos-birds.php (832 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird, Costa Rican Fauna
		Among the most spectacular seabirds is the magnificent frigatebird (rabihorcado mango; Fregata magnificens), a large, elegant, streamlined fl seabird with a long forked tail that gives it the nickname tijereta or 'scissor tail'.
		This is partly because frigatebirds do not have waterproof feathers and so cannot enter the water to catch prey.
		Frigatebirds are found on both coasts but are more common on the Pacific.
	www.1-costaricalink.com /costa_rica_information/magnificent_frigatebird.htm (386 words)

	Lower Moss Wood » Magnificent Frigatebird brought to the hospital
		Ray (the warden) managed to identify the bird as a frigatebird.
		The frigatebird was at death's door so we gave the bird fluid therapy to get it through the night.
		This is only the third frigatebird recorded in Great Britain since 1800; There was one in the outer hebrides in the 1950s and another on the Isle of Man; in addition, this particular species has not been recorded on mainland Britain at all, and is not on the British Ornithological Union's list of British species.
	www.lowermosswood.org.uk /frigatebird.html?gal=69&pic=24 (284 words)

	Great Frigatebird
		Lacking the ability to take off from water, frigatebirds snatch prey from the ocean surface using their long, hooked bills.
		Frigatebirds often supplement their diet by this type of harassment.
		Females do not breed every year because it takes a year and a half to raise a chick.
	www.fws.gov /midway/wildlife/grfr.html (295 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird in Yucatan
		It was a Magnificent Frigatebird almost stationary some 30 feet above her, hanging like a kite in the stiff breeze.
		One study conducted in Mexico found that Magnificent Frigatebird kleptoparasitism is often a two-step affair.
		A frigatebird's first attack on a potential victim can often be interpreted as "sizing up the victim." If the victim turns out to be a healthy, strong flier, the frigatebird typically breaks off the chase.
	www.backyardnature.net /yucatan/mag_frig.htm (209 words)

	Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
		Rare but annual in NC, one needs to be in the right place at the right time along the coast to see a frigatebird.
		On the following day (6 Nov 2005) I found this one cruising overhead along the Old Nags Head Rd., Dare Co., NC This photo was taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 at a zoom of 4X.
		In south Florida, flocks of frigatebirds are not uncommon.
	www.duke.edu /%7Ejspippen/birds/magnificentfrigatebird.htm (151 words)

	Frigatebird Flies 2,500 Miles to Feed Chick
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		A Christmas Island frigate bird named Lydia recently made a 26-day journey of about 2,500 miles in search of food for her baby.
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	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/funbirds/birdnews/frigatebird.aspx (488 words)

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