Frigate Bird Gallery

Great frigatebird, Fregata minor nicolli

Bird specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological and zoological specimens. This is one of a small series of bird specimens that were collected in July 1910 when the expedition stopped at South Trinidad. Date: 1910

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Great frigatebird and blue-footed booby

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor ridgwayi) female harrassing a blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii excisa, in water) to force it to regurgitate its food. This is known as kleptoparasitism. Boobies and frigatebirds are both seabirds that feed on fish. Boobies do so by diving, but frigatebirds skim the surface to catch their food, or rob other seabirds of their prey. Photographed in the Galapagos Islands

© BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor ridgwayi) female, harrassing blue-footed booby for food - kleptoparasitism

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Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor ridgwayi) female, harrassing blue-footed booby for food - kleptoparasitism
Galapagos, Ecuador
Fregata minor ridgwayi
Bob Gibbons
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