A neotype designation for the Ascension Frigatebird <i>Fregata aquila</i> (Aves: Fregatidae)

A neotype is designated for Pelecanus aquilus Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Fregata aquila ; Aves, Fregatidae) to fix the identity of this nominal species.

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Ornithology; seabird; Suliformes; taxonomy; zoological nomenclature

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Caio J. Carlos ^**Corresponding Author. E-mail: macronectes1@yahoo.co.uk

Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Aves e Mamíferos Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, Agronomia, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazilPorto Alegre, RS, BrazilLaboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Aves e Mamíferos Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, Agronomia, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Jean-François Voisin

Laboratoire d'Entomologie, Direction des Collections, Arthropodes terrestres, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. C.P. 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France.Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleFranceParis, FranceLaboratoire d'Entomologie, Direction des Collections, Arthropodes terrestres, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. C.P. 50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France.

Hein van Grouw

Bird Group, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum. Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6AP, United Kingdom.The Natural History MuseumUnited KingdomTring, Hertfordshire, United KingdomBird Group, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum. Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6AP, United Kingdom.

Ignacio B. Moreno

^*Corresponding Author. E-mail: macronectes1@yahoo.co.uk

Authors contributions:

CJC and JFV conceived the paper; CJC wrote the first draft and all authors discussed ideas and collaborated on subsequent drafts.

Competing Interests:

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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(1) Plate LIV, figure 2 of Petiver (1764Petiver J (1764) Jacob Petiver opera historiam naturalem spectantia; or Gazophylaceum containing several 1000 Figures of Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects, Fish, Beatles, Moths, Flies, Shells, Corals, Fossils, etc, from all Nations on 156 Copperplates, with English and Latin Names. London, John Millan, 452p. [1702-1706]), named 'The Indian Forked Tail'. (2) Plate LXXX of Albin (1731Albin E (1738) A natural history of birds: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life. London, The Author, vol. 3, 95p.), named the 'The Frigate Bird'. Note the all-black plumage and red gular pouch characteristic of adult male frigatebirds.

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Neotype of Fregata aquila (Linnaeus, 1758): Ventral, lateral, and dorsal views of specimen BMNH 1899.1.4.13 in the Natural History Museum at Tring, UK. Scale bar: 30 cm.

Figures 1-2 (1) Plate LIV, figure 2 of Petiver (1764Petiver J (1764) Jacob Petiver opera historiam naturalem spectantia; or Gazophylaceum containing several 1000 Figures of Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects, Fish, Beatles, Moths, Flies, Shells, Corals, Fossils, etc, from all Nations on 156 Copperplates, with English and Latin Names. London, John Millan, 452p. [1702-1706]), named 'The Indian Forked Tail'. (2) Plate LXXX of Albin (1731Albin E (1738) A natural history of birds: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life. London, The Author, vol. 3, 95p.), named the 'The Frigate Bird'. Note the all-black plumage and red gular pouch characteristic of adult male frigatebirds.

Figure 3 Neotype of Fregata aquila (Linnaeus, 1758): Ventral, lateral, and dorsal views of specimen BMNH 1899.1.4.13 in the Natural History Museum at Tring, UK. Scale bar: 30 cm.

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[1] ^*Corresponding Author. E-mail: macronectes1@yahoo.co.uk