Fregata [aquila or magnificens] (Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird)

Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata [aquila or magnificens] (= Fregata aquila) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Fregatidae
Genus:
   Fregata
Scientific:
  Fregata aquila

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.133

Protonym:
Pelecanus Aquilus

Type locality:
Ascension Island.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/151/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
38ED3EAEC0102C55

Avibase ID:
avibase-38ED3EAE

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/38ED3EAE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174768

English:
Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird
French:
Frégate superbe ou F. aigle-de-mer

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Man-o'-War Bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Man-o'-war-bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Man-o'-war-bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Man-o'-war-bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Man-o'-war-bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Man-o'-war-bird ( Fregata aquila) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata [aquila or magnificens])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Catalan: Fregata de l'illa de l'Ascensió
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): fregat
Czech: Fregatka vznešená
Danish: Pragtfregatfugl
German: Prachtfregattvogel
English: Ascension or Magnificent Frigatebird, Frigatebird, Man-o'-War Bird, Man-o'-war-bird
Esperanto: Aglofregato
Spanish: Fragata, fragata magnífica, Rabihorcado Magnífico
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Tijereta
Spanish (Mexico): fragata magnífica
Spanish (Uruguay): Fragata
Estonian: keiser-fregattlind
Finnish: Isokaappari, keisarifregattilintu
French: Frégate superbe ou F. aigle-de-mer
Gaelic: Eun-Chogaidh
Galician: Rabiforcado
Hebrew: פריגט נהדר
Hungarian: ascensioni fregattmadár
Icelandic: Freigátufugl
Italian: Fregata magnifica
Japanese (romaji): amerikagunkandori
Japanese: アメリカグンカンドリ
Scientific: Fregata [aquila or magnificens], Fregata aquila, Pelecanus Aquilus
Lithuanian: Erelinė fregata
Dutch: Amerikaanse Fregatvogel
Norwegian: Praktfregattfugl
Polish: fregata orla
Portuguese: Fragata-comum
Portuguese (Brazil): Tesourão
Russian: Фрегат острова Вознесения
Slovak: fregata orlia
Slovenian: lepa burnica
Swedish: Praktfregattfågel
Ukrainian: Фрегат вознесенський
Chinese: 阿岛军舰鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 亞欣森軍艦鳥