Where to See Magnificent Frigatebird in Dry Tortugas National Park

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Magnificent Frigatebird sightings in Dry Tortugas

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Where Magnificent Frigatebird has been reported, from 445 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM1% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM8% of the busiest hour6 AM30% of the busiest hour7 AM55% of the busiest hour8 AM75% of the busiest hour9 AM90% of the busiest hour10 AM98% of the busiest hour11 AMBusiest hourNoonBusiest hour1 PM98% of the busiest hour2 PM95% of the busiest hour3 PM90% of the busiest hour4 PM85% of the busiest hour5 PM70% of the busiest hour6 PM50% of the busiest hour7 PM30% of the busiest hour8 PM10% of the busiest hour9 PM3% of the busiest hour10 PM1% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Magnificent Frigatebird is most seen 9 AM–5 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Magnificent Frigatebird sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	1%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	8%
6 AM	30%
7 AM	55%
8 AM	75%
9 AM	90%
10 AM	98%
11 AM	100%
Noon	100%
1 PM	98%
2 PM	95%
3 PM	90%
4 PM	85%
5 PM	70%
6 PM	50%
7 PM	30%
8 PM	10%
9 PM	3%
10 PM	1%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Magnificent Frigatebird on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Dry Tortugas, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Dry Tortugas Tour Guide

Watch the Frigatebird Chase

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“If you spot a large seabird gliding with long, angular wings and a deeply forked tail, it may be a magnificent frigatebird. They nest in the Dry Tortugas, and their hunting is worth watching.”

Plays as you drive near Loggerhead Key in Parkwolf’s Dry Tortugas Tour Guide.

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Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Dry Tortugas, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
16 audio storiesplay as you drive Dry Tortugas, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Dry Tortugas

All 16 sighting maps

13 sightingsLoggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta carettaMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

12 sightingsGreen Sea TurtleChelonia mydasMost seen 9 AM–5 PMSighting map

11 sightingsGreat White HeronArdea herodias occidentalisMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

102 sightingsMasked BoobySula dactylatraMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map

65 sightingsBrown BoobySula leucogasterMost seen 9 AM–6 PMSighting map

12 sightingsRed-footed BoobySula sulaMost seen 5–7 PMSighting map

20 sightingsOspreyPandion haliaetusMost seen 7–11 AM & 4 PMSighting map

36 sightingsPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Magnificent Frigatebird in Dry Tortugas