CAVS: 8722
Subspecies Fregata ariel ariel (G.R. Gray, 1845)
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Unknown (Unlocated), Raine Island, Queensland [11°35'S, 144°02'E].- Fregata ariel tunnyi Mathews, G.M. 1914. On the species and subspecies of the genus Fregatta. Austral Avian Records 2: 117-121 [121].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AMNH 729589 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729590 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729591 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729592 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729593 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729594 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729595 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E]; AMNH 729596 Skin, Bedout Island, Western Australia [19°34'S, 119°03'E].Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [239].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 27-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PELECANIFORMES | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |