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title: "Great Frigatebird"
description: "Fregata minor — Uccelli. The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/great-frigatebird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Great Frigatebird

> Fregata minor — Uccelli. The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family.

- Scientific name: *Fregata minor*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4861
- Wikidata: [Q648494](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648494)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4636](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4636)

## Names

- en: Great Frigatebird
- de: Bindenfregattvogel
- es: Fragata pelágica
- fr: Frégate du pacifique
- nl: Grote fregatvogel
- pt: Tesourão-grande
- pl: Fregata średnia

## Countries with the most observations

US (1518), EC (1443), AU (130), SC (122), PF (110), UM (97), CX (90), CL (68), TF (59), ID (51), NC (42), CK (30)

## Summary

The great frigatebird (Fregata minor) is a large seabird in the frigatebird family. There are major nesting populations in the tropical Pacific Ocean, such as Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands; in the Indian Ocean, colonies can be found in the Seychelles (on Aldabra and Aride Islands) and Mauritius, and there is a tiny population in the South Atlantic, mostly on and around St. Helena and Boatswain Bird Island (Ascension Island).
The great frigatebird is a large and lightly built seabird up to 105 cm long with predominantly black plumage. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism; the female is larger than the adult male…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_frigatebird

## Photo

![Great Frigatebird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-frigatebird/medium.jpg)

Photo: pobrito · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19155990

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-frigatebird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).