Editing Ascension frigatebird (section)

==Taxonomy==
The Ascension frigatebird was described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his landmark 1758 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'']] under the [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Pelecanus aquilus''.<ref>{{cite book | last =Linnaeus | first = C | author-link = Carl Linnaeus | title = Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. | publisher=Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii | year=1758 | volume = v.1 | language = la | page=133 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727038}}</ref> His specimen had been collected from the Ascension Island by the Swedish explorer [[Pehr Osbeck]].<ref name=mathews>{{cite journal | last=Mathews | first=GM | author-link=Gregory Mathews | year=1914 | title=On the species and subspecies of the genus ''Fregata'' | journal=Australian Avian Record | volume=2 | issue=6 | pages=117–121 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34804723}}</ref>

The names "frigatebird" and ''Fregata'' derive from the French mariners' name for the bird ''La Frégate'', a [[frigate]] or fast warship. The specific ''aquila'' is [[Latin]] for an eagle, and refers to the dark plumage and rapacious habits.''<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n52 52], 164}}</ref>

The genus ''Fregata'' formerly included all four species of large frigatebirds but in 1914 the Australian ornithologist [[Gregory Mathews]] split off the other three species leaving ''Fregata aquila'' to denote the Ascension frigatebird.<ref name=mathews/> An analysis of [[ribosomal]] and [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that within the genus ''Fregata'', the Ascension frigatebird is most closely related to the [[magnificent frigatebird]].<ref name=kennedy04>{{cite journal | last1=Kennedy | first1=Martyn | last2=Spencer | first2=Hamish G | year=2004 | title=Phylogenies of the frigatebirds (Fregatidae) and tropicbirds (Phaethonidae), two divergent groups of the traditional order Pelecaniformes, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=31 | issue=1 | pages=31–38 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.007 | pmid=15019606| bibcode=2004MolPE..31...31K }}</ref>