Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 137

448. Fregata magnificens Mathews

Late Holocene – RJ

Fregata magnificens – Lima and Silva 1984: 29.

Lima and Silva (1984) reported remains from the Ilha de Santana site in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, dated 1,260±330 years BP. The material includes at least two individuals and is represented by two C-9 cervical vertebrae, the cranial end of a right coracoid, the cranial extremity of a right coracoid, the cranial half of a right coracoid, the proximal end of a right humerus, the distal end of a right ulna, part of the distal end of the diaphysis of a left ulna, fragment of the distal end of a left ulna, and a distal third of a left ulna.

“Fragata” – Gaspar 2003: 58.

Gaspar (2003) reported fregatid material (most likely this species) from the Ponta da Cabeça site in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro .

Sulidae Reichenbach

449. Sulidae indet. Holocene – PE

“Boobies” – Olson 1981: 483.

Olson (1981) reported well-mineralized, fragmentary sulid bones collected in 1973 in the dunes of the Santo Antônio peninsula in Fernando de Noronha.