Ascension Frigatebird

Fregata aquila - Frégate aigle-de-mer

Systematics

Order
:
Suliformes
Family
:
Frégatidés
Genus
:
Fregata
Species
:
aquila

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 96 cm
Wingspan
: 196 à 201 cm.
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ascension Frigatebird (Fregata aquila) is a species of bird in the Fregatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Frégate aigle-de-mer,
Rabihorcado de Ascensión,
rabiforcado-de-ascensão,
Adlerfregattvogel,
ascensioni fregattmadár,
Ascensionfregatvogel,
Fregata aquila,
ascensionfregattfågel,
Ascensionfregattfugl,
fregata orlia,
fregatka ascensionská,
Ascension Fregatfugl,
atlantinfregattilintu,
fregata de l'illa de l'Ascensió,
fregata orla,
Debesbraukšanas salas fregatputns,
Вознесенский фрегат,
メスグログンカンドリ,
阿岛军舰鸟,
ascensionfregattfågel,
亞欣森軍艦鳥,

Voice song and call

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XC : Jim Holmes

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Other sources of interest