Fregata minor   (Gmelin, 1789)

Great frigatebird
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Ciconiiformes | Fregatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

Pélagique.  Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

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

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 8812); poids max. publié: 1.9 kg (Ref. 356)

Description synthétique Morphologie

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

Biologie     Glossaire (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 Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Schlatter, R.P. and A. Simeone. 1999. (Ref. 5962)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Utilisations par l'homme


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Fécondité
Œufs
Développement de l'œuf
Taille/Âge
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Longueur-poids
Longueur-longueur
Morphologie
Larves
Abondance
Références
Mass conversion

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.3 - 21.1, mean 14.1 (based on 581 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.