Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 (0, 1)
Photo © dfaulder, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
A record from the Isle of Man in 1998 was removed from the British List when they formed their own Manx List. The Shropshire record is admitted as the first for Britain with the Welsh record in limbo as it appears it was not fully identified.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2005 Shropshire Prees Heath, Whitchurch, adult male, picked-up and taken to Chester Zoo, 7th to 9th November when died in care, now at Natural History Museum, Tring (BMNH 2006.23.1), photo; presumed same as East Glamorgan.
(M. Eaton, R. Bradbury & C. Bowden, Birding World 18 (11): 479-481, plates 1-3; BOURC (2007), Ibis 149: 652-654; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 703; BOURC (2008), Ibis 150: 218; R. Bradbury, M. Eaton, C. Bowden & M. Jordan, British Birds 101: 317-321, plates 152-154; Smith et al., 2019; BOURC (2022) Ibis 164: 930).
P). 2005 East Glamorgan Flat Holm, male, 6th November, flying southeast into Avon sector of Bristol Channel; presumed same as Magnificent Frigatebird, Shropshire 2005.
(J. Green, S. Berry & R. Pritchard, Welsh Bird Report 19: 492; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 704).
