MOURC Proceedings Archive - Frigatebirds Accepted
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Proceedings
Species: Frigatebirds
[Fregata frigatebird]
Magnificent Frigatebird

[Fregata frigatebird] (S) (Fregata sp.)Start Date 1936-01-01
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
179:501988-09-22Itasca State ParkClearwater(record #2006-098, vote 10-0). Accepted
avian
information
1988-09-22Clearwater9/22 Clearwater (first county record)
279:501988-10-01Acacia CemeteryDakota(record #2006-099, vote 10-0). Accepted
avian
information
1988-10-01Dakota10/1 Dakota (first county record)
378:402005-09-192005-09-21Big Lake off Echo TrailSt. Louis(record #2005-064, vote 7-0). Please see Not Accepted records. Accepted
avian
information
2005-09-192005-09-21St. Louis9/19-21 St. Louis (first county record)
Minnesota's third frigatebird was seen 9/19–21 St. Louis (Big Lake, off Echo Trail) †JIL, CL, FK (The Loon 78:115–116). Though probably a Magnificent Frigatebird, the documentation did not conclusively eliminate other species. The state's first two frigatebird records occurred in September/October 1988 after the remnants of Hurricane Gilbert tracked into the Great Lakes region (The Loon 61:55–56).
489:32016-08-21private residence, Mounds ViewRamsey(record #2016-049, vote 7-0). First county record, adult male, photographed. This is the fifth accepted frigatebird record for the state. One was a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) (Jackson County, 2 September 2007, The Loon 80:106-107) and all others Fregata sp. This is the only Fregata sp. to be photographed. The three previous Fregata sp. records are as follows: Clearwater County (22 September 1988, The Loon 80:106), Dakota County (1 October 1988, The Loon 80:106), St. Louis County (19-21 September 2005, The Loon 80:106). Accepted
591:892016-08-21flying over a private residence in Mounds ViewRamsey(record #2016-049, vote 7-0). Adult male. Not accepted as Magnificent Frigatebird, but remains accepted as Fregata frigatebird (See The Loon 89:4). Accepted
 
 

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
Sighting records for ()
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander