Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Fregata magnificens

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Pragfregatvoël (Galapagos-)
Bulgarian: Великолепна фрегата (ssp. magnificens)
Catalan: fregata magnífica (magnificens)
Czech: fregatka vznešená (ssp. magnificens)
Danish: Pragtfregatfugl (Galapagos)
German: Prachtfregattvogel (magnificens)
English: Galapagos Magnificent Frigatebird, Magnificent Frigatebird, Magnificent Frigatebird (Galapagos), Magnificent Frigatebird (magnificens)
[ENAV]: Magnificent Frigatebird (Galapagos)
English, HBW: Magnificent Frigatebird (Galapagos)
English (IOC): Magnificent Frigatebird (Galapagos)
English (United States): Magnificent Frigatebird (Galapagos)
Spanish: Rabihorcado Magnífico (magnificens)
Spanish (Argentine): Ave Fragata (magnificens)
Spanish (Chile): Ave fragata magnífica (magnificens)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Rabihorcado Magno (magnificens)
Spanish (Cuba): Rabihorcado (Galapagos)
Spanish (Ecuador): Fragata Magnífica (magnificens)
Spanish (Spain): Rabihorcado magnífico (magnificens)
Spanish (Honduras): Fragata Tijereta (magnifidens)
Spanish (Peru): Avefragata Magnífica (Galápagos)
Spanish (Uruguay): Fragata (Subesp. magnificens)
Estonian: keiser-fregattlind (ssp. magnificens)
Finnish: keisarifregattilintu (magnificens)
French: Frégate superbe (magnificens), Frégate superbe (nominal), Frégate superbe (nominale), Frégate superbe (race nominale)
Croatian: veliki brzan (magnificens)
Icelandic: Freigátufugl (magnificens)
Scientific: Fregata magnificens, Fregata magnificens (magnificens), Fregata magnificens magnificens, Fregata minor magnificens
Dutch: Amerikaanse fregatvogel (Galapagosfregatvogel)
Norwegian: praktfregattfugl (magnificens)
Polish: fregata wielka (magnificens)
Portuguese (Brazil): fragata (magnificens)
Portuguese (Portugal): Rabiforcado-magnífico (magnificens)
Romanian: Fregată mare (magnificens)
Slovak: fregata vznešená (vznešená)
Serbian: Galapagoska velika fregata
Swedish: praktfregattfågel (magnificens)
Turkish: Muhteşem Fregatkuşu (magnificens)