Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Additional updates and changes by BirdPhotos.com 2016.
Tuvalu,Tonga,Somalia,Seychelles,Nauru,Mozambique,South Africa,Indonesia,Japan,Micronesia,Maldives,Brazil,Ecuador - mainland,Madagascar,India - mainland,American Samoa,Thailand,Vietnam,Chile,Kiribati,Malaysia,Guam,Samoa,Sri Lanka,China,Tokelau,Philippines,Mexico,French Polynesia,Cook Islands,Marshall Islands,Saint Helena,Solomon Islands,Kenya,Australia,Papua New Guinea,Northern Mariana Islands,Tanzania,Palau,Colombia,New Caledonia,United States - Hawaii,Comoros,Pitcairn Islands,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,
Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
nicolli
sw South Atlantic Ocean islands: Trindade and Martim Vaz (e of e Brazil)
aldabrensis
sw tropical South Indian Ocean islands: Europa (w of s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel), Aldabra and Cosmoledo (Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), St. Brandon (n of Mascarenes)
minor
Chagos Arch. (nc Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) Is. (ec Indian Ocean), Christmas I. (s of w Java), Flores and Banda Sea is. (sc, se Indonesian Arch.), Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia), islands off nw WA and Gulf of Carpentaria (nc Australia)
palmerstoni
w, c tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean islands: from Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea is. (ne Australia) and Tench I. (St. Matthias group, nc Bismarck Arch.), Chesterfield Is. (w of New Caledonia), Walpole I. (e of New Caledonia), Palau (w Caroline I
ridgwayi
subtropical to tropical e Pacific islands: Revillagigedo (w of c Mexico), del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), Wolf and Darwin (=Wenman and Culpepper, nw Galápagos), Genovesa (ne Galápagos) and several other small islands of Galápagos, La Plata and Santa Clar
Except for an occasional wanderer from a nesting site on the Galapagos, the Great Frigatebird rarely reaches tropical America. The Great Frigatebird is very similar to the [Magnificent Frigatebird], but smaller.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
