Where does the greater Frigate Bird live? The Greater Frigate Bird lives in open ocean areas like the Indian and Pacific Oceans. When not flying for food they stay in their nests of twigs on cliffs near the water.
In comparison, the slightly larger Magnificent Frigate Bird is more seaside oriented in its environment, with an expanse extending into the Caribbean and up the Pacific coast to California. It is in these nesting regions where the Frigate Birds are at their most notable.
The males of both species have a bright red throat sac that they expand to a false size, to attract the attention of likely mates. The males of both species openly perch in bushes or sit on the rocky earth, their throat sacs inflated. When a female flies over-head, apparent to the males by the white breast feathers, the males set up a discord of a howl or hoot and shake their wings, exposing their gular sacs to attract the greatest attention. The male has a very bright red inflatable pouch to attract the female. You can see the inflated pouch from a long distance.
Once the male Frigate Bird entices a female to mate, the pair fashions a rough nest in shrubs or low trees. Eggs and chicks are often lost in the first few weeks, and wooing must begin again with new pairs being formed until successful breeding is certain. They found that the Great Frigate Bird in most tropical oceans and it nests in the Galápagos on Genovesa and San Cristóbal islands. Explorers found the Magnificent Frigate Bird on the Galápagos, on North Seymour Island and San Cristóbal, where they share nesting areas with the Great Frigate Bird.
The pair of birds have one brood each year. The female lays a single egg and incubated for about two months.
Their diet consist mostly of fish and other marine creatures. Frigate Birds are also piratical feeders, tormenting diving birds like boobies and forcing them to drop their prey. Then the Frigate Bird picks the booby's food out of the air before it hits water. They circle in the air in anticipation of stealing the meals from birds returning from their fishing trips. For this reason they call them the pirate bird.
When not harassing other birds for food the Frigate Bird eats fish from the sea. This proficiency in flight permits then to pluck small fish from the very surface of the water, immersing only their bill into the sea or even preying on flying fish in
