Bird

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in 1 of 67 counties, across 14 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 1 of 67 counties
Habitats: 14

Male Magnificent Frigatebird, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Eduardo Gomyde, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA. iNaturalist photo 631987591. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 1 of 67 counties
Habitats: 14
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 14

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 14

SummerWinterSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)*In the Jungle, Florida*, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)*Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida*, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)Thomas Moran, Fort George Island (1878): a tidal shore of wet sand and shallow water at the river mouth, with cabbage palms and a beached ship. Fort George Island, Florida (Thomas Moran, 1878; Smithsonian American Art Museum)*Fort George Island, Florida*, Thomas Moran, 1878. Public domain. Source record.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Mangrove swamps

Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.

SummerWinter

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerWinterSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine

Other habitats in its models (110)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 3

Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, only within 250 m of water.

Elsewhere in the South (64)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.

Northeast (3)

North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.

Midwest (4)

North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter, only within 250 m of water.

Land cover and other classes (36)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

Year-round: nests here, in 1 of 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.