Description

P. cauda forficata, corpore nigro, capite abdomineque albis. Amoen. acad. 4. p ... Pelecanus Aquilus. Osb. iter. 292. Alcyon major pulla, cauda longiore bifurca. Brown. jam. 483. Cari pira. La � t. amer. 575. Man of var. Sloan. jam. 1. p. 30. Avis Rabo socardo. Pet. gaz. t. 45. f. 1.? Frigate bird. Alb. av. 3. p. 75: t. 80. male.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Suliformes

Family: Fregatidae

Genus: Fregata

Species: Pelecanus aquilus Linnaeus, 1758