Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (32)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Ernest Garcia, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 26, 2016
Text last updated February 26, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белокоремна фрегата |
| Catalan | fregata de Christmas |
| Chinese | 聖誕島軍艦鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白腹軍艦鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白腹军舰鸟 |
| Czech | fregatka vánoční |
| Dutch | Witbuikfregatvogel |
| English | Christmas Island Frigatebird |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Christmas Frigatebird |
| English (United States) | Christmas Island Frigatebird |
| Finnish | joulusaarenfregattilintu |
| French | Frégate d'Andrews |
| French (France) | Frégate d'Andrews |
| German | Weißbauch-Fregattvogel |
| Hebrew | פריגט חג המולד |
| Icelandic | Kóralfreigáti |
| Indonesian | Cikalang christmas |
| Japanese | シロハラグンカンドリ |
| Malayalam | ക്രിസ്തുമസ് കടൽക്കള്ളൻ |
| Norwegian | christmasfregattfugl |
| Polish | fregata białobrzucha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabiforcado-da-ilha-natal |
| Russian | Рождественский фрегат |
| Serbian | Belotrba fregata |
| Slovak | fregata bielobruchá |
| Spanish | Rabihorcado de Isla Navidad |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabihorcado de isla Navidad |
| Swedish | julöfregattfågel |
| Thai | นกโจรสลัดเกาะคริสต์มาส |
| Turkish | Christmas Adası Fregatkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фрегат малазійський |
| Zulu | ikhwebula lezulu |
Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914
PROTONYM:
Fregata andrewsi
Mathews, 1914. The Austral Avian Record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna 2, p.120.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FREGATA
- fregata
- andrewsi
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Christmas Island Frigatebird
