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Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845) 
AphiaID: 212655

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Fregatidae (Family) > Fregata (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Fregata de Lacepède, 1799
Sources  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch kleine fregatvogel  [details]
English lesser frigatebird  [details]
French frégate ariel  [details]
German Arielfregattvogel  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Somalia [details]
South Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 71-81 cm. Plumage: Generally black; male with white patches on upper flanks extending into wing linings; female dark brown with buffy white breastband extending into wing lining, neck and chest; black throat clearly demarcated. Immature dark brown with rusty brown head and neck, upper breast rufous with a darker band separating it from the white belly and flanks. Bare parts: bill grey or blackish with a red throat patch in male, pink or blue in female; feet and legs black or reddish brown in male and reddish in female. [details]
Image 
Fregata ariel
Fregata ariel
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-12-14 09:39:42
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212655
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212655 on 2013-05-26
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