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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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Ascension Frigatebird (VU) i | Fregatidae | Fregata aquila | AO | Ascension I. (where recently re-established) and Boatswainbird I. (e of Ascension I., nc South Atlantic Ocean) | nc South Atlantic Ocean |
Christmas Frigatebird (VU) i | Fregatidae | Fregata andrewsi | IO | Christmas I. (s of w Java) | Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand across Sunda Shelf to South China Sea and Sulu Sea (sw Philippines) |
Great Frigatebird i | Fregatidae | Fregata minor | TrO | widespread, islands of tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, local e of e Brazil (tropical Atlantic Ocean) | pelagic, ranging throughout tropical Indian and tropical and subtropical Pacific oceans |
Lesser Frigatebird i U | Fregatidae | Fregata ariel | TrO | widespread, tropical Indian and Pacific ocean is., also nw South Atlantic | to waters off se Africa, sw India and Sri Lanka, throughout Indonesian Arch. and Philippines to Taiwan, New Guinea waters, n Australia and Melanesia |
Magnificent Frigatebird i | Fregatidae | Fregata magnificens | AO, PO | e Pacific Ocean (w Mexico to Ecuador), Atlantic Ocean (e Mexico and Florida to Brazil), and Cape Verde Is. (where almost extinct) | to coastal n Baja California, Gulf of California and s to n Peru; to n Florida and Gulf of Mexico |
60% 3 species of 5 (0 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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