David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from a fisherman coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

Andy Rouse / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) group flying against cloudy sky, Galapagos.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male with gular pouch, Galapagos.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in Galapagos

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated. Galapagos

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)displaying in flight, red pouch inflated. Galapagos

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) displaying. Dry Tortugas NP, Florida, USA

John Cancalosi / Magnificent frigatebird {Fregeta magnificens} male courtship display, Antigua, West Indies

Tim Fitzharris / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) and Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flock hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita) school, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

David Pattyn / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) stealing fish from man carrying crate of fish, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Highly commended in the Garden and Urban Birds Category of the Bird photographer of...

Francisco Marquez / Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) perched on agave flower at night, Islas Marias Archipelago, Marias Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Lynn M. Stone / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying with throat pouch inflated, perched in Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) tree. St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. August.

Jeff Vanuga / Magnificent frigate birds (Fregata magnificens) flying around the Galapagos Islands.

Doug Perrine / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) flock and Pink-footed shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) gathering around Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) to feed on Bait fish hiding under it. P...

Doug Perrine / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) in flight. Over Pacific Ocean, Southern Costa Rica.

Doug Perrine / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) feeding from above and Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) feeding from below on Sardine bait ball. Splashes from Sardines attempting to escape. Sport fis...

Doug Perrine / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) feeding from above and Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) feeding from below on Sardine bait ball. Sardines making sea surface boil as they attempt escap...

Doug Perrine / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) feeding from above and Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) feeding from below on Sardine bait ball. Sardines making sea surface boil as they attempt escap...

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight, with beakful of hatchling sea turtles, with some dropping out of beak. Las Bachas, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos,

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) catching dropped hatchling sea turtle, Las Bachas, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos,

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) diving for fish prey, Borrero Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight, Rabida Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) attacking Blue footed booby (Sula nebouxii) feeding chick. This bird is trying to steal the food from the parent. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.

Claudio Contreras / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flying, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) landing, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight over sea between Isabela Island and Fernandina Island, Galapagos.

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) in flight, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from a fisherman coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

Sandesh Kadur / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) resting on the ground with red throat pouch inflated, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Lynn M. Stone / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) perched in Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) tree. Tampa Bay islet roosts, Tierra Verde, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) in flight with red pouch inflated Tampa Bay, Tierra Verde, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) perched in Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) tree. Tampa Bay islet roosts, Tierra Verde, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

Claudio Contreras / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) colony, Espiritu Santo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, February

Claudio Contreras / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) juvenile landing, Espiritu Santo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, February

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna, with scavenging Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens). A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a sm...

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) landing to scavenge on tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often lea...

Tui De Roy / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) following the tuna-hunting sea lion into the shallows, sometimes stranding themselves whilst hunting. A group o...

Lucas Bustamante / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) juvenile on nest, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

Michael Pitts / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) and Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) fledged juveniles. Midway Atoll.

Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

Roy Mangersnes / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying with red throat pouch inflated, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Roy Mangersnes / Close up of feathers of Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male on Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Pete Oxford / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) in flight over shallow water, Halfmoon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize.

Pete Oxford / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in flight, Halfmoon Caye, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize.