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| photographed at Lockhart River jetty, Queensland October 2015 |
691 GREAT FRIGATEBIRD Fregata minor
Australia (533)
Also known as Man-o'-war Bird or Hawk. Found in tropical or sub-tropical seas, coastlines or islands. Range: breeds on islands in Coral Sea, incl. outer Gt Barrier Reef. Largest local breeding stations are Christmas and Cocos Is. in Indian Ocean. Scarce coastal n. Aust.; regular on islands of Gt Barrier Reef and offshore s. to Fraser Is (Q); casual coastal se Q and ne. NSW.
Comment: when first named 1789, it was called the Lesser Pelican, Pelecanus minor, so the Latin minor still stands.
