WoRMS taxon details
Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845)
212655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212655)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Fregata ariel ariel (G.R.Gray, 1845)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 71-81 cm. Plumage: Generally black; male with white patches on upper flanks extending into wing linings; female...
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]
WoRMS (2026). Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212655 on 2026-08-05
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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: 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kleine fregatvogel | [details] |
| English | lesser frigatebird | [details] |
| French | frégate ariel | [details] |
| German | Arielfregattvogel | [details] |
| Japanese | コグンカンドリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fregata ariel)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fregata ariel)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
