This is a female juvenile magnificent frigatebird. Her coloring is very different from males. There is a light blue ring around her eyes. Her chest and underbelly feathers are white. Her head plumage is white now but will turn dark. And there is no mistaking the long, hooked bill. Females are larger than their male counterparts. So, in essence, they are the largest bird living in the Galápagos Islands. In the mid-17th century, French sailors coined the name la frégate because the bird’s speed and maneuverability were reminiscent of a frigate warship.
