Fregata minor, Great frigatebird

Fregata minor   (Gmelin, 1789)

Great frigatebird
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Ciconiiformes | Fregatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska.  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 8812); publicerad maxvikt: 1.9 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morfologi

Culmen: 10.4 cm; tarsus: 8.5 cm; wing: 55.5 cm.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Total Length: 86 to 100 cm; Wingspan: 206 to 230 cm (Ref. 8812). Pelagic (Ref. 122680). Found offshore and in tropical oceanic islands (Ref. 356). Colonial breeder, typically in trees and bushes. Gregarious; trails ships (Ref. 91362). Exhibits dipping behavior and piracy (Ref. 356). Adept aerial flier, obtains some of its food by harassing other seabirds until they regurgitate their prey. Feeds over schools of predatory fishes (Ref. 122680).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Schlatter, R.P. and A. Simeone 1999 Estado del conocimiento y conservacion de las aves en mares chilenos. Estudios Oceanologicos 18:25-33. (Ref. 5962)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 December 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Trophic Ecology
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.3 - 21.1, mean 14.1 (based on 581 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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