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
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 |
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 (South Africa) | Greater Frigatebird |
English (United States) | Great Frigatebird |
Finnish | kuningasfregattilintu |
French | Frégate du Pacifique |
French (French Guiana) | 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, JF", 1789)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus minor
"Gmelin, JF", 1789. Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 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.
Definitions
- FREGATA
- fregata
- minor
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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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