WoRMS taxon details
Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
212654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212654)
accepted
Species
Pelecanus minor Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Fregata minor minor (Gmelin, 1789)
- Subspecies Fregata minor palmerstoni (Gmelin, 1789)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 86-100 cm. Plumage: Male entirely black. Female black with grey throat, white breast. Immature brown; head and...
Description Length: 86-100 cm. Plumage: Male entirely black. Female black with grey throat, white breast. Immature brown; head and lower neck white spotted or streaked rufous; throat pure white separated from white lower breast by dark broad rusty band. Bare parts: iris blackish; bill slate blue with a scarlet throat patch in male, no throat patch in female; feet and legs reddish brown or black in male, pink or reddish pink in female. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212654 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 86-100 cm. Plumage: Male entirely black. Female black with grey throat, white breast. Immature brown; head and lower neck white spotted or streaked rufous; throat pure white separated from white lower breast by dark broad rusty band. Bare parts: iris blackish; bill slate blue with a scarlet throat patch in male, no throat patch in female; feet and legs reddish brown or black in male, pink or reddish pink in female. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | grote fregatvogel | [details] |
| English | greater frigatebirdgreat frigatebird | [details] |
| French | frégate du Pacifique | [details] |
| German | Bindenfregattvogel | [details] |
| Japanese | オオグンカンドリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (168 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fregata minor)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 115 proteins) (from synonym Pelecanus minor Gmelin, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 643518 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 643518 Ventral)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (168 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fregata minor)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 115 proteins) (from synonym Pelecanus minor Gmelin, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 643518 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 643518 Ventral)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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