Great Frigatebird - Fregata minor

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Fregata minor
Author (Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174766
Common Names English: Great Frigatebird
French: Frégate du Pacifique
Spanish: Fragata pelágica
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
          Family: Fregatidae
            Genus: Fregata
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Fregata minor aldabrensis
Subspecies: Fregata minor minor
Subspecies: Fregata minor nicolli
Subspecies: Fregata minor palmerstoni
Subspecies: Fregata minor ridgwayi
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174766
StatusIUCN:LC
#records50
#datasets6
Years1789 - 2004
Latitudes-37.90 - 3.25
Longitudes-149.57 - 149.17