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Where does the Magnificent Frigatebird live?

Fregata magnificens has 903,311 records in 70 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Magnificent Frigatebird
Magnificent Frigatebird — Andrew Turner from Washington, DC, United States / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesSuliformesFregatidaeFregata

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 168,462
Mexico 153,944
Costa Rica 80,323
Panama 57,435
Puerto Rico 55,800
Brazil 49,632
Ecuador 49,506
Belize 39,260
Colombia 30,446
Anguilla 25,353
Venezuela 16,796
Honduras 13,603
British Virgin Islands 13,390
Cuba 12,705
US Virgin Islands 12,264
Trinidad & Tobago 12,008
Jamaica 8,301
Guadeloupe 7,996
Curaçao 7,366
Aruba 7,346
Dominican Republic 7,292
Cayman Islands 6,601
Nicaragua 6,150
Bonaire 5,611
Antigua & Barbuda 5,543
Grenada 5,438
Bahamas 4,995
Guatemala 4,001
El Salvador 3,558
Peru 3,509
Saint Lucia 3,061
Saint Barthélemy 2,316
Sint Maarten 2,126
St Vincent & the Grenadines 2,047
Saint Martin 2,045
Montserrat 1,858
Barbados 1,767
Guyana 1,520
Dominica 1,507
St Kitts & Nevis 1,332

Showing the top 40 of 70 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.