Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Subspecies (5)
Vanessa H. Gauger Metz and Elizabeth A. Schreiber
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootfregatvoël |
| Bulgarian | Голяма фрегата |
| Catalan | fregata gran |
| Chinese | 軍艦鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大军舰鸟 |
| Czech | fregatka obecná |
| Dutch | Grote Fregatvogel |
| English | Great Frigatebird |
| English (HAW) | ʻIwa - Great Frigatebird |
| English (Kenya) | Greater Frigatebird |
| English (United States) | Great Frigatebird |
| Finnish | kuningasfregattilintu |
| French | Frégate du Pacifique |
| French (France) | Frégate du Pacifique |
| German | Bindenfregattvogel |
| Hebrew | פריגט גדול |
| Icelandic | Dílafreigáti |
| Indonesian | Cikalang besar |
| Japanese | オオグンカンドリ |
| Korean | 큰군함조 |
| Malayalam | വലിയ കടൽക്കള്ളൻ |
| Norwegian | storfregattfugl |
| Polish | fregata średnia |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | fragata-grande |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabiforcado-grande |
| Russian | Большой фрегат |
| Serbian | Džinovska fregata |
| Slovak | fregata ebenová |
| Slovenian | Velika burnica |
| Spanish | Rabihorcado Grande |
| Spanish (Chile) | Ave fragata grande |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Rabihorcado Grande |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Fragata Grande |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Fragata Pelágica |
| Spanish (Panama) | Fragata Grande |
| Spanish (Peru) | Avefragata Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabihorcado grande |
| Swedish | större fregattfågel |
| Thai | นกโจรสลัดใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Büyük Fregatkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фрегат тихоокеанський |
Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus minor
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.572.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No type locality. Fixed as eastern half of the Indian Ocean by Rothschild, antea, p. 145 and further restricted to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, by Lowe, antea, p. 306.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FREGATA
- fregata
- minor
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Great Frigatebird
