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==Description== The Ascension frigatebird is a dark coloured seabird with long slender pointed wings, a long deeply forked tail and a long hooked bill. It measures {{convert|89|-|96|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length, has a wingspan of {{convert|196|-|201|cm|in|abbr=on}} and weighs around {{convert|1250|g|lb|abbr=on}}. Male birds are entirely black except for the nape, mantle and scapulars that are covered with elongated lanceolate feathers that have a green metallic sheen. The birds have a striking red gular sack that they inflate to attract a mate. Their bills are pale blueish grey, their eyes are dark brown with a black eye-ring and their legs are grey.<ref name=hbwonline>{{cite book| last1=Orta | first1=J | last2=Christie | first2=DA | last3=Garcia | first3=EFJ | last4=Jutglar | first4=F | last5=Boesman | first5=P | chapter=Ascension Frigatebird (''Fregata aquila'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=DA | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | date=2020 | publisher=Lynx Edicions | place=Barcelona | chapter-url=http://www.hbw.com/node/52667}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Female birds are brownish black and lack the green lanceolate feathers. Birds with the more common dark morph have a brown panel on the front that stretches from the collar down to the chest. Their eye-rings and the base of the bill are pale blue. Birds with the pale morph have some white on their chest. It is possible that they are young breeding females that have not yet acquired the full adult plumage.<ref name=hbwonline/>
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