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Frigate tuna

Auxis thazard

506Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
10Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb37
Mar14
Apr0
May106
Jun3
Jul21
Aug64
Sep0
Oct47
Nov48
Dec126

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Stirling Scotland65
2Highland Scotland44
3Cumbria England36
4Cheshire East England34
5Argyll and Bute Scotland14
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
7South Lanarkshire Scotland5
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
9Calderdale England2
10East Lothian Scotland1
1 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
506
Peak month
December
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Auxis thazard
Group
Fish
Most recorded in
Stirling
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Scombridae
Genus
Auxis
Name with authority
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Described
1800
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1145632 · GBIF 4286082