Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Subspecies (3)
Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, Guy M. Kirwan, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2018
Text last updated January 16, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinfregatvoël |
| Arabic | فرقاط صغير |
| Bulgarian | Малка фрегата |
| Catalan | fregata petita |
| Chinese | 白斑軍艦鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白斑軍艦鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白斑军舰鸟 |
| Croatian | mali brzan |
| Czech | fregatka malá |
| Danish | Lille Fregatfugl |
| Dutch | Kleine Fregatvogel |
| English | Lesser Frigatebird |
| English (United States) | Lesser Frigatebird |
| Finnish | pikkufregattilintu |
| French | Frégate ariel |
| French (France) | Frégate ariel |
| German | Arielfregattvogel |
| Greek | Μικρή Φρεγάτα |
| Hebrew | פריגט קטן |
| Hungarian | Kis fregattmadár |
| Icelandic | Sæfreigáti |
| Indonesian | Cikalang kecil |
| Japanese | コグンカンドリ |
| Korean | 군함조 |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji fregata |
| Malayalam | ചിന്ന കടൽക്കള്ളൻ |
| Norwegian | småfregattfugl |
| Polish | fregata mała |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tesourão-pequeno/fragata-pequena |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabiforcado-pequeno |
| Romanian | Fregată mică |
| Russian | Фрегат-ариель |
| Serbian | Mala fregata |
| Slovak | fregata bieloboká |
| Slovenian | Mala burnica |
| Spanish | Rabihorcado Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabihorcado chico |
| Swedish | mindre fregattfågel |
| Thai | นกโจรสลัดเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Fregatkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фрегат-арієль |
| Zulu | ikhwebulelincane |
Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845)
PROTONYM:
Atagen Ariel
Gray, 1845. The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera pt.9, 3, p.669 pl.185.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality; Raine Island, Queensland, designated by Mathews, 1914, Austral Avian Rec, 2, p. 121.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FREGATA
- fregata
- ariel
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lesser Frigatebird
