Aves · Suliformes
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Cannot walk well or land on water despite its oceanic lifestyle, since its plumage lacks waterproofing oils — it must snatch all food from the surface in flight and never dives or swims.
- Realm
- Coastal
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
This range is an occurrence-derived learning extent, not an official assessment range map. See the methodology page for the complete pipeline. GBIF.org occurrence density (GBIF Maps API v2) · 1° global raster; derived from GBIF per-cell occurrence density, vagrant-trimmed by a cumulative record-count threshold, morphologically closed, small-and-distant components pruned, clipped to a Natural Earth 1:110m realm mask.
Method and versionA sample of openly-licensed occurrence records retained after quality filtering. 1474 licence-filtered records across 186 1° cells, retrieved 2026-08-24.
Inspect on GBIFRetained datasets (5)
- Deep seamount biodiversity exploration and MPA monitoring strategies in the Colombian Pacific along bathymetric gradients (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- iNaturalist research-grade observations (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- Programa de monitoreo y evaluación de la biodiversidad de TQPM en Villa Allende, Coatzacoalcos, Ver. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)