{"id":24355,"date":"2012-10-29T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:12:56","slug":"magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as Man O&#8217;War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds. It is widespread in the tropical Atlantic, breeding colonially in trees in Florida, the Caribbean and Cape Verde Islands. It also breeds along the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands. It has occurred as a vagrant as far from its normal range as the Isle of Man, Denmark, Spain, England, and British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Magnificent Frigatebird\u00a0<i>Fregata\u00a0magnificens<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-126-24355\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-768\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-4.jpg\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/thumbs\/thumbs_magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-767\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-3.jpg\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/thumbs\/thumbs_magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-766\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-2.jpg\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/thumbs\/thumbs_magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-765\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-1.jpg\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens\/thumbs\/thumbs_magnificent-frigatebird-fregata-magnificens-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as Man O&#8217;War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds. 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