Magnificent Frigatebird

Where to see

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve leads · 33 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Magnificent Frigatebird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~90%
2 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~80%
3 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
4 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~70%
5 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
6 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
7 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
8 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
9 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~50%
10 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~50%
11 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
12 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
13 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
14 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
15 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
16 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
17 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
18 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~40%
19 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
20 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~30%
21 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
22 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
23 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
24 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
25 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Magnificent Frigatebird?

Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

In Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Magnificent Frigatebird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 33 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Magnificent Frigatebird?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March, August and October–January in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 90%), January, March–April and June–November in Galápagos Islands (about 80%) and January and June in Celestún Biosphere Reserve (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Magnificent Frigatebird on a given day. Each park's Magnificent Frigatebird page has the full month-by-month chart.