Christmas Frigatebird
Fregata andrewsiMathews, GM, 1914
English (US) Christmas Frigatebird
The Christmas Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) in the order Suliformes.
Range: breeds Christmas Island (east-central Indian Ocean); ranges Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand across Sunda Shelf to South China Sea and Sulu Sea (southwestern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fregata andrewsi
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Christmas Frigatebird
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1914
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1914
- Type locality
- Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
- Original description
- The Austral Avian Record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna 2 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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