Species profile—Fregata minor (great frigatebird)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Fregatidae (frigatebirds) → Fregata minor (great frigatebird)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Fregatidae (frigatebirds)
- Scientific name
- Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- great frigatebird
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1282
- Alternate name(s)
- greater frigatebird
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1282.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
