#fregata magnificens

[snototter]

A male magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) shows off its gular sac midflight in St Petersberg, Florida, USA

by Dennis Adair

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Magnificent Frigatebird

Photo: Peter Swaine

"Massive seabird of warm tropical oceans and coastlines. Overall black with extremely long, deeply forked tail and angular wings. Male completely black with inflatable red pouch on throat (not seen away from breeding colonies) and bluish eyering. Adult female has white chest and golden bar on shoulder. Young birds have white head and breast. Often soars for long periods and flies with slow wingbeats. Steals food from other seabirds. Surprisingly acrobatic during aerial chases despite its large size."

- eBird

[dicendelirio]

I finished my painting! :D a tad inspired by Disco's graphic style, it's mostly a breakup piece, homage to one of my favorite songs.

"Chau"

90x70 cm

Acrylic on canvas

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

It's Red Nose Day, here's a Magnificent Frigatebird since it looks like one

Reference photo by Andrew Turner

Donate to Comic Relief (if you can)

[herpsandbirds]

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), male displaying his gular pouch to impress females, family Fregatidae, order Suliformes, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

photograph by ojitos.2601

[amnhnyc]

If you ordered fast food with the Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), it would definitely steal your fries. This species is known for its kleptoparasitic behavior, meaning it specializes in snatching food from other sea birds—harassing them until they let go of their catches. But this winged pirate won’t stop there. The Frigatebird will even pester competitors who’ve recently eaten, forcing them to vomit up their meals! Then, it will chow down on its regurgitated prize. Males’ prominent red gular sacs are used to attract a mate and can puff up like balloons. This bird can generally be found soaring along the coasts of southern North America, Central America, and South America.

Photo: kuhnmi, CC BY 2.0, flickr

[arthistoryanimalia]

Another Spondylus shell ornament, Culture Jama-Coaque, Ecuadorian North Coast 500 BCE - 1530 CE, w3.4 x h6.9 cm. Museo Casa del Alabado / INPC. Listed as a "zoomorphic ornament," but the first thing it made me think of was a male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), a native species…

[nonaserpent]

Disney Villains as Birds

This idea just came in mind combining two fields I’m interested. Not just looking for the color but appearance, feeling and behavior also matters.

Very personal opinion you may disagree but friendly discussion welcomed :)

HERE WE GO!

Hans: Blue-breasted Fairywren (Malleus pulcherrimus)

Very cute and pretty-looking bird! Known for their unique courtship of delivering petals.

©Disney

©Laurie Boyle

Judge Claude Frollo: Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo)

#That Hair

©Disney

©salis-

Hades: Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)

HE HAS TO BE A CORVIDAE. And just look at that hairstyle and that…eyebrows?

©Disney

©Daniel Plumer

Queen of Hearts: Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri)

Fun fact: Like shrikes, they impale their prey on thorns.

©Disney

©Nik Borrow

Queen Grimhilde: Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Fairest bird of all

©Disney

©I Am birdsaspoetry.com 

Jafar: Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

One of my fav. Now Iago has someone his same class.

©Disney

©pilot_micha

Yzma: Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus)

#THAT EYELASH

©Disney

There’s no copyright restriction on the other pic from website so I guess I’m good.

Cruella De Vil: Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)

She would see the bird as her greatest accessory.

©Disney

©Frank Vassen

Dr. Facilier: Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus)

The metallic effect of their plumage just matches Facilier’s shadow power and colorful effects made by his friends on the other side.

©Disney

©Nik Borrow

Mother Gothel: Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)

Known to be brood parasites like cuckoos.

©Disney

©Brian Henderson

Gaston: Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

No one makes that mating call like Gaston!

©Disney

©sighmanb

Ursula: Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)

Those who couldn’t pay their price were devoured, FOR SURE

©Disney

©Rogerio Camboim S A

Maleficent: Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Need I say more?

©Disney

©Henry

Captain Hook: Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Obviously

©Disney

©Andy Morffew

Lady Tremaine: Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Her daughters would LOVE this outfit

©Disney

©Mibby23

THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING!

BONUS: Kuzco

©Richard Gibbons

[antiqueanimals]

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) (juvenile)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

Internet Archive

[arokel]

summarizing my wips badly

thank you for the tags @jondoe-inspiration and @teaforarteza ! most of my wips are already half posted and currently stating sadly at me like neglected neopets, but here are the rest (titles subject to change of course)

so foul a sky | an attack of seasonal allergies and a massively overdeveloped guilt complex lend proof to the maxim "what doesn't kill you leaves you with immense trauma"

every measure and note | paranoid pining idiots stage a private home concert of The Best Of The Arts&Culture Section

what extraordinary vehicles | rookie reporter chooses a different career path and winds up telling all anyway

let's try something different | college athletes try and fail to act normal and rational about team bonding exercises

dog days of summer | accidentally sending your coworker a nude doesn't count as sexting if there's a dog blocking most of the nudity, right?

we'll saturday spend | public nudity turns out to be the least stressful aspect of local man's first date

who'd have thought it | surprise seat reassignment teaches superstitious rower the virtues of holding your tongue

tagging @fregata-magnificens and any of my bitb mutuals who haven't been tagged yet (it's hard to keep track sorry)

[swede1952]

Awesome looking bird.

This is a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), I forget where I took this picture, but it was during a Caribbean cruise. It was either Roatan, Honduras or Costa Maya., Mexico. I could nail it down, but that would mean trying to make my brain work this morning.

"The frigatebird is sometimes called the "man-o-war bird" because it harasses other birds until they regurgitate recently captured food, which the frigatebird snatches in midair." - allaboutbirds.org

[patricianicoloso]

Fragata/Magnificent Frigatebird 

Fregata magnificens

[officialweezerelections]

REAL QUARTERFINALS

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Their chicks have little fingers and claws on their wings for climbing. Also, they produce bacteria in their weird enlarged crops that are ONLY found in there. Their crops are so big that they don’t really fly. They smell like manure. They’re like if cows were birds if cows had claws and were super colorful.

VERSUS

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

They look a bit silly with their big red chests. They make other birds vomit by pecking them just so that they can eat whatever comes back up.

[unusualshrimp]

Like this one

Magnificent frigatebird(Fregata magnificens)

oh they weren't lying that frigatebird can Magnificent

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

(Photo from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- North America; Central America; South America

Size (Weight/Length)- 90 cm; 152 cm wingspan

Diet- Fish; Squid; Jellyfish; Crabs

Cool Facts- Being the largest species of frigatebird, the magnificent frigatebird is unafraid to strut their stuff. Being a seabird, they spend the majority of their time hunting for fish along the surface of the ocean, careful to not get their feathers wet. However, they are also known to be pirates. They peck at birds carrying food back to their nest until the bird is forced to regurgitate their meal for the frigatebird to steal. While both male and female magnificent frigate birds have blackish-green feathers, only the males sport the bright red throat pouch. This pouch can be filled with air and puff out to impress a possible mate. The larger and redder the pouch, the more enticing the male.

Rating- 11/10 (Not being waterproof results in a life of crime.)

[breadboylovin]

i come bearing silly birds again...

manx shearwater (puffinus puffinus):

magnificent frigatebird (fregata magnificens):

russet-crowned motmot (momotus mexicanus):

plain chachalaca (ortalis vetula):

long-tailed duck / oldsquaw (clangula hyemalis):

— also some funky mammals for fun —

northern naked-tailed armadillo (cabassous centralis):

desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (heteromys desmarestianus):

hispid cotton rat (sigmodon hispidus):

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ohhhhh i really like that baby manx shearwater and the long tailed duck... beloveds