BirdUp · Species
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel(Gray, GR, 1845)
Native
- Order
- SULIFORMES
- Family
- Fregatidae
- Genus
- Fregata
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The lesser frigatebird is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae. At around 75 cm (30 in) in length, it is the smallest species of frigatebird. It occurs over tropical and subtropical waters across the Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as off the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- TrO : widespread, tropical Indian and Pacific ocean is., also north-west South Atlantic
- Non-breeding range
- To waters off south-east Africa, south-west India and Sri Lanka, throughout Indonesian Arch. and Philippines to Taiwan, New Guinea waters, north Australia and Melanesia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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