Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, David Christie, Ernest Garcia, Francesc Jutglar, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 16, 2014
Text last updated July 16, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Орлова фрегата |
| Catalan | fregata de l'Ascensió |
| Czech | fregatka ascensionská |
| Danish | Ascension-fregatfugl |
| Dutch | Ascensionfregatvogel |
| English | Ascension Frigatebird |
| English (United States) | Ascension Frigatebird |
| Finnish | atlantinfregattilintu |
| French | Frégate aigle-de-mer |
| French (France) | Frégate aigle-de-mer |
| German | Adlerfregattvogel |
| Greek | Αετοφρεγάτα |
| Hebrew | פריגט אסנשן |
| Hungarian | Ascensioni fregattmadár |
| Icelandic | Arnfreigáti |
| Japanese | メスグログンカンドリ |
| Lithuanian | Ežerinė fregata |
| Norwegian | ascensionfregattfugl |
| Polish | fregata orla |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Rabiforcado-de-ascensão |
| Romanian | Fregată de Ascension |
| Russian | Вознесенский фрегат |
| Serbian | Fregata sa ostrva Asension |
| Slovak | fregata orlia |
| Spanish | Rabihorcado de Ascensión |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabihorcado de Ascensión |
| Swedish | ascensionfregattfågel |
| Turkish | Asensiyon Fregatkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Фрегат вознесенський |
Fregata aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Aquilus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.133.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ascension Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FREGATA
- fregata
- AQUILA
- aquila
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Ascension Frigatebird
